[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s2.261 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.261 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s2.261 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s2.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.261) ¹² Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, iii. 6, 2, 15. A Mantra in the Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, i. 22, 1. 2, and elsewhere, sums up the duties of the Brahmacārin as ‘thou art a Brahmacārin: eat water; perform thy duty; sleep not in the daytime; obedient to thy teacher study the Veda (\*brahmacāry asy; apo ’śāna; karma kuru; divā mā svāpsīr; ācāryādhino vedam adhiṣva\*).’ One duty specially referred to in the Aitareya Āraṇyaka, iii. 1, 6; Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka, vii. 19, and the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, iv. 5, 5, was the guarding of the teacher's cattle when they were grazing on their pasture grounds. From these grounds, too, the pupil would, no doubt, bring dried dung for fuel, as well as any available sticks. As regards obedience to the teacher, \*cf.\* Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 3, 3, 6. - [Previous: v2.c4.s2.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.260) - [Next: v2.c4.s2.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.262) - [Up: v2.c4.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s2.261) · Pramāṇa