Fully, appreciating what has been done to one's self by his preceptor and knowing the object thereof, a disciple should with exaltation in his heart think-I have been developed by him. This is the third step of asceticism.
आचार्येणात्मकृतं विजानन् ज्ञात्वा चार्थ भावितोऽस्मीत्यनेन। यन्मन्यते तं प्रति हृष्टबुद्धिः स वै तृतीयो ब्रह्मचर्यस्य पादः॥