The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.3.83

1.3.83

sa upādhyāyenānujñātaḥ samāvṛttastasmādgurukulavāsādgṛhāśramaṃ pratyapadyata |
tasyāpi svagṛhe vasatastrayaḥ śiṣyā babhūvuḥ || 83 ||

"And Veda, having received permission from his preceptor, and leaving the latter's residence after the completion of his studies, entered the domestic mode of life. And while living in his own house, he got three pupils. And he never told them to perform any work or to obey implicitly his own behests; for having himself experienced much woe while abiding in the family of his preceptor, he liked not to treat them with severity.