Manava Dharmashastra 2.194

2.194

hīnaṃ nyūnam annaṃ bhuñjīta gurusannidhau | nyūnatā ca parimāṇataḥ kvacitkacitsaṃskārataḥ | yadi saṃskṛtamājyaṃ dadhikṣīrādivyañjanaṃ bhikṣāto labdhaṃ syāttadā, yadi guruṇā tādṛśamannaṃ na bhuktaṃ syādekakāle ca guruṇā saha bhojane, yadi gurostādṛśamanne gṛhe na siddhaṃ syāt, tadā tattena nāśitavyam | atha gurorapi tādṛśamannaṃ syāttadā'pacayaḥ karttavyaḥ | vastraṃ yadi guroraurṇaṃ syāttadā na kārpāsādi śiṣyeṇa prāvarotavyam | veṣa ābharaṇamaṇḍanādiḥ | so'pi hīnaḥ | sarvadā brahmacaryyatpareṇāpi | ataeva veṣagrahaṇam | na ca brahmacāriṇo maṇḍanamiṣyate | uttiṣṭhet prathamaṃ cāsya śayyāyā rātryuparame, āsanādvā utthānāvasaraṃ buddhvā, prathamaṃ pūrvaṃ guroruttiṣṭhet | caramaṃ paścātsvāpakāle supte gurau saṃ viśecchayyāṃ samāśrayedāsane copaviśet |

In the peesenge of his Teacher, he should always have inferior food, dress and apparel; he should rise before him, and go to sleep later.—(194)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘In the presence of his Teacher’—he should eat—‘inferior’—i.e., less—‘food.’This ‘inferiority’ of the food may be sometimes in quantity, and sometimes in quality; that is to say, if he happen to obtain as alms such food as is richly cooked and mixed with butter, milk and vegetables, then he should not eat it,—if his Teacher has already eaten food of not the same quality, or when he is eating with his Teacher, or if equally rich food has not been prepared in the Teacher’s house. If similar food has been got ready for the Teacher, then he should reduce the food he himself eats.

As regards dress, if the Teacher’s happens to be woolen, the pupil should wear cotton.

‘Apparel’—ornaments, toilette, etc. This also should be inferior.

‘Always’—i.e., even after the period of studentship. It is in view of this that ‘apparel’ has been added; for the Religious Student there could be no adornment, etc.

‘He should rise before him’—i.e., from the bed, at the end of night; or from the seat, after he has understood that it is time for the Teacher to rise; he should rise before his Teacher.

‘He should go to sleep’—retire to bed, or take his seat—‘later’—i.e., after the Teacher has gone to sleep.—(194)