Again, the Taittiríyaka Upanishad says: "He whose body is not branded, is raw, and tastes it not: votaries bearing it attain thereto." The particular parts to be branded are specified in the Ágneya-puráṇa:—
"On his right hand let the Bráhman wear Sudarśana,
"On his left the conch-shell: thus have those who know the Veda declared."
In another passage is given the invocation to be recited on being branded with the discus:—
"Sudarśana, brightly blazing, effulgent as ten million suns,
"Show unto me, blind with ignorance, the everlasting way of Vishṇu.
"Thou aforetime sprangest from the sea, brandished in the hand of Vishṇu,
"Adored by all the gods; O Páṅchajanya, to thee be adoration."
(2.) Imposition of names is the appellation of sons and others by such names as Keśava, as a continual memorial of the name of the Supreme Lord.
(3.) Worship is of ten kinds, viz., with the voice, (1.) veracity, (2.) usefulness, (3.) kindliness, (4.) sacred study; with the body, (5.) alms-giving, (6.) defence, (7.) protection; with the common sensory, (8.) mercy, (9.) longing, and (10.) faith. Worship is the dedication to Náráyaṇa of each of these as it is realised. Thus it has been said:—