(A perpetual student) must, if his teacher dies, serve his son (provided he be) endowed with good qualities, or his widow, or his Sapinda, in the same manner as the teacher.
एवं चरति यो विप्रो ब्रह्मचर्यमविप्लुतः । स गच्छत्युत्तमस्थानं न चैह जायते पुनः ॥ २४९ ॥
A Brahmana who thus passes his life as a student without breaking his vow, reaches (after death) the highest abode and will not be born again in this world.