उषित्वैवं गुरुकुले द्विजोऽधीत्यावबुध्य च । त्रयीं साङ्गोपनिषदं यावदर्थं यथाबलम् ॥ १३ ॥ दत्त्वा वरमनुज्ञातो गुरो: कामं यदीश्वर: । गृहं वनं वा प्रविशेत्प्रव्रजेत्तत्र वा वसेत् ॥ १४ ॥
usitvaivam gurukule dvijo ’dhityavabudhya ca trayim sangopanisadam yavad-artham yatha-balam dattva varam anujnato guroh kamam yadisvarah grham vanam va praviset pravrajet tatra va vaset
- usitva
- residing
- evam
- in this way
- gurukule
- under the care of the spiritual master
- dvi-jah
- the twice-born, namely the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas
- adhitya
- studying Vedic literature
- avabudhya
- understanding it properly
- ca
- and
- trayim
- the Vedic literatures
- sa-anga
- along with supplementary parts
- upanisadam
- as well as the Upanisads
- yavat-artham
- as far as possible
- yatha-balam
- as far as one can, according to one’s ability
- dattva
- giving
- varam
- remuneration
- anujnatah
- being asked
- guroh
- of the spiritual master
- kamam
- desires
- yadi
- if
- isvarah
- capable
- grham
- household life
- vanam
- retired life
- va
- either
- praviset
- one should enter
- pravrajet
- or get out of
- tatra
- there
- va
- either
- vaset
- should reside
According to the rules and regulations mentioned above, one who is twice-born, namely a brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya, should reside in the gurukula under the care of the spiritual master. There he should study and learn all the Vedic literatures along with their supplements and the Upanisads, according to his ability and power to study. If possible, the student or disciple should reward the spiritual master with the remuneration the spiritual master requests, and then, following the master’s order, the disciple should leave and accept one of the other asramas, namely the grhastha-asrama, vanaprastha-asrama or sannyasa-asrama, as he desires.