Paingala Upanishad 11 — Verse 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यावच्चोपाधिपर्यन्तं तावच्छुश्रूषयेद्गुरुम्। गुरुवद्गुरुभार्यायां तत्पुत्रेषु च वर्तनम्॥११॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यावत् । च । उपाधि-पर्यन्तम् । तावत् । शुश्रूषयेत् । गुरुम् । गुरु-वत् । गुरु-भार्यायाम् । तत्-पुत्रेषु । च । वर्तनम् ।

IAST Transliteration

yāvac copādhi-paryantaṃ tāvac chuśrūṣayed gurum | guruvad guru-bhāryāyāṃ tat-putreṣu ca vartanam ||11||

Translation

ഉപാധികളുടെ പരിധിയിൽ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും കാലം ഗുരുവിനെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ശുശ്രൂഷിച്ചു സേവിക്കണം; ഗുരുപത്നിയോടും ഗുരുവിന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരോടും ഗുരുവിനോടുള്ളതുപോലെ തന്നെ പെരുമാറണം.

Academic Translation

So long as (one remains) within the range of limiting adjuncts (upādhis), so long should one attend upon and serve the teacher; and one should conduct oneself toward the teacher’s wife and his sons as toward the teacher himself.

Verse Context

• Guru-śiṣya-paramparā; upādhi (limiting adjuncts) and discipline (sādhana)
• Mahavakya: Preparatory discipline for receiving and assimilating mahāvākya teaching (śravaṇa–manana–nididhyāsana) until upādhi-identification is dissolved.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)