Manava Dharmashastra 13.2

13.2

( 4 ) rāghavānandaḥ | śākhāmatrādhyayanamavaśyaṃbhāvīti triṃśadadhikaikādaśaśataśākhānāṃvedacatuṣṭayaparimāṇatvāt puruṣāyuṣamadhyepyadhyetumaśakyatvāddbhedaśabdaḥ śākhāparaḥ | sarvaśākhāpratyayamekaṃkarmeti nyāyāt sarvaśākhāvidhitvaṃsiddhamadhyetṛbhedataiti bhaṭṭasvarasāt | anyathaikaikasya saṃpūrṇavedādhyayane punaranuvādaeva | vedādhyayanavidhirdhyāpanāṅgamivi guruḥ | arthāvabodhāṅkamiti bhaṭṭāḥ | akṣarāvāptiparamiti vedāntiprabhṛtayaḥ | etanmatamevasādhu | yonadhītyetyādinindārthavādenādhyayanasya nityatāvagamannataśca ṛgvedena hautraṃ kuryāt | yajurvedenādhvaryavam | sāmavedenodgātram | sadaivataṃtathaiva vidyayā sūktamadhyāyapyeveti smṛteḥ | tena brahmatvamityatovedatrayasādhyatvānsarvakarmaṇāmatona praveśotharvavedasya ataeva vedānadhītyeti yathākramaṃ svaśākhānukrameṇa | aviplutabrahmacaryaḥ akṣatabrahmacaryaḥ |