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In plain words
The Ācārya should be able to reason both for and against, to grasp and retain the teaching, and should possess Śama, Dama, compassion, and grace. Having received the Āgama, he is unattached to pleasures here or hereafter, has relinquished every support of ritual Karma, knows Brahman, and abides in Brahman. His conduct is steady, free from hypocrisy, pride, deceit, crookedness, fraud, envy, falsehood, Ahaṅkāra, and possessiveness. Seeking only the good of others and the fruitful use of Vidyā, he first teaches the Śrutis that reveal the oneness of Ātman: 'In the beginning, gentle one, this was Being alone, one without a second'; 'Where one sees nothing else'; 'All this is Ātman alone'; 'In the beginning, this was Ātman alone, one'; and 'All this indeed is Brahman.'
Close to the Sanskrit
The Ācārya, however, should be endowed with reasoning for and against, grasping, retention, Śama, Dama, compassion, grace, and the rest; should have received the Āgama; be unattached to enjoyments seen and unseen; have abandoned every means of Karma; know Brahman and abide in Brahman; have conduct that does not deviate; be free from hypocrisy, pride, deceit, crookedness, fraud, envy, falsehood, Ahaṅkāra, possessiveness, and other faults; have the benefit of others as his sole purpose; and seek to put Vidyā to use. He should first teach the Śrutis devoted to establishing the oneness of Ātman: 'In the beginning, gentle one, this was Being alone, one without a second'; 'Where one sees nothing else'; 'All this is Ātman alone'; 'In the beginning, this was Ātman alone, one'; 'All this indeed is Brahman'; and others.