Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c11.s4.52

c11.s4.52

On festive occasions, the teacher was accompanied by his pupils who awaited his commands. At the sacrifice of Janaka of Videha, whither had come the Brāhmaṇas of the Kurus and Pāñchālas, when a thousand cows with ten *pādas* of gold attached to each pair of their horns were offered to the wisest Brāhmaṇa, Yājñavalkya stepped forward and asked his pupils to drive them away [*Bṛihad. Up.*, iii, 1, 1-2].