The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 279

p. 279

यन्मन्यते तं प्रति हृष्टबुद्धिः स वै तृतीयो ब्रह्मचर्यस्य पादः ॥ ११ ॥

In plain words

Whatever he holds to be so — and your mind brightens toward him rather than bristling: that, truly, is the third quarter of brahmacarya.

Close to the Sanskrit

What he thinks — toward him, one whose mind is delighted: that indeed is the third quarter of brahmacarya.