The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 278

p. 278

शिष्यवृत्तिक्रमेणैव विद्यामाप्नोति यः शुचिः ।

In plain words

Vidyā comes by the disciple's way of living, taken in order, step by step — by that and by nothing else — and it comes to the one who is pure.

Close to the Sanskrit

By the graded sequence of a disciple's conduct alone does he obtain knowledge, who is pure.