The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 278

p. 278

इदानीं चतुष्पाद्ब्रह्मचर्यमाह श्लोकचतुष्टयेन—

In plain words

Now he sets out brahmacarya in its four parts, and he does it in four verses—

Close to the Sanskrit

Now, by means of a set of four verses, he states the four-footed brahmacarya—