Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
वेदांक्ष ब्रह्मचर्येण न्न्यायतः प्रार्थयामहे । न्यायेनोत्तरकालं च गृहेभ्यो नि:सृता वयम्
vedān kṣa brahmacaryeṇa nyāyataḥ prārthayāmahe | nyāyenottarakālaṃ ca gṛhebhyo niḥsṛtā vayam ||
我们以守持梵行(brahmacarya)为本,求以正当之道获得诸吠陀。并且在时机成熟之际,我们亦依正义与礼法离开家宅而出。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Sacred knowledge should be pursued through disciplined brahmacarya and obtained by rightful means (nyāya), and major life-transitions—like leaving home—should likewise be undertaken with ethical propriety rather than impulse or wrongdoing.
The speaker (Vaiśaṃpāyana) reports a collective statement: the group identifies themselves as brahmacārins who are seeking the Vedas properly and explains that they have left their homes in due course and in accordance with justice and accepted norms.