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always towards his preceptor, so likewise should he behave towards the preceptor's wife, and so likewise should he act towards the preceptor's son—(that) is said to be the second quarter. What one, recognising what the preceptor has done for one, and understanding the matter' (taught), feels with a delighted heart regarding the preceptor-believing that one has been brought into existence by himthat is the third quarter of life as a Brahmakårin. One should do what is agreeable to the preceptor, by means of one's life and riches, and in deed, thought, and word !--that is said to be the fourth quarter. (A disciple) obtains a quarter by time`, so likewise a quarter by associating with the preceptor, he also obtains a quarter by means of his own energy; and then he attains to a quarter by means of the Sastras. The life as a Brahmakärin of that man, whose beauty consists in the twelve beginning with knowledge, and whose limbs are the other (qualifications mentioned), and who has
· The meaning of the Vedic texts, &c., Sankara in one copy; the highest aim of man, according to another copy.
See note 5 on p. 176. "I keep the order of the original, though I do not translate quite literally; thought and word' should be literally mind and speech. See, on the collocation, Gitá, p. 123 inter alia.
• Time=maturity of understanding which comes by time; energy=intellectual power; Sistras=consultation about Säsiras with fellow-students-Sankara, who adds that the order is not material as stated, and quotes a stanza which may be thus rendered, “The pupil receives a quarter from the preceptor, a quarter by his own calent; he receives a quarter by time; and a quarter through fellow-Brahmakârins.
• The body being disregarded, these qualities are attributed to the sell in this way. For the twelve, sce p. 167; the others are abandonment, truthfulness, &c., p. 169. [8]
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