लौकिकं वैदिकं वाऽपि तथाऽध्यात्मिकमेव वा । आददीत यतो ज्ञानं तं पूर्वमभिवादयेत् ॥ ११७ ॥
(A student) shall first reverentially salute that (teacher) from whom he receives (knowledge), referring to worldly affairs, to the Veda, or to the Brahman
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