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Paingala Upanishad 11 — Verse 11

यावच्चोपाधिपर्यन्तं तावच्छुश्रूषयेद्गुरुम्। गुरुवद्गुरुभार्यायां तत्पुत्रेषु च वर्तनम्॥११॥

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

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

ఉపాధుల పరిధిలో ఉన్నంతకాలం గురువును శుశ్రూషించి సేవించాలి; అలాగే గురుపత్నీ, గురుపుత్రుల పట్ల కూడా గురువుతో సమానంగా ప్రవర్తించాలి॥১১॥

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.

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.AtharvaChandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)

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