Manava Dharmashastra 2.247

2.247

naiṣṭhikasyāyamupadeśaḥ | asatyācārye, tatputre śrotriyatvādiguṇayukte-gurupatnaPullyāmācāryāṇyāṃ vāsapiṇḍe vā-guroreva-vaset tatra ca guruvadvṛttimācared bhaikṣanivedanādi sarvaṃ kuryāt | dāraśabdo bahuvacanānto bhāryāvacano vaiyākaraṇaiḥ smaryate | smṛtikārāstvekavacanāntamapi prayuñjate | " 'dharmaprajāsaṃpanne' dāre nānyāṃ kurvīteti" iti |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This injunction is meant for the Life-long Student.

In the absence of the Preceptor, he should continue to live in residence, either with the Preceptor’s son, who is endowed with Vedic learning and other qualities, or with the Preceptor’s widow, or with the Preceptor’s ‘Sapiṇḍa’; and towards each of these he should behave as towards his Preceptor; i.e., he should present to him the food he obtains as alms, and so forth.

The term ‘dārā,’ denoting, has been regarded by grammarians as always used with the plural ending; but writers on Smṛti use the singular form also; e.g., ‘Dharmaprajā- sampanne dāre nānyām kurvīta’ (Āpaṣṭamba, 2.11.13).—(247)