Verse 1

¹The student lives in his teacher's house, holds himself in check, does what serves his teacher, and behaves toward him as a servant does, low and with a firmly settled affection. ²Evening and morning he should attend upon his teacher, the fire, the sun and the highest gods; and at both twilights, keeping silence, he should murmur Brahman with a gathered mind. ³When his teacher calls him he should recite the hymns, well held in. At the beginning and at the end he should bow his head to his teacher's feet. ⁴He should wear the girdle, the deerskin and his clothes, keep matted hair, staff and water pot, and wear the thread, with grass in his hand, as it is laid down.

⁵Evening and morning he should go for alms and hand what he gets to his teacher. He should eat if he is given leave; if he is not, he sometimes goes without.