Having (thus) spent a fourth part of his life in the study of the Vedas, and observance of vows and fasts, and given the preceptor his fee, the disciple should, according to the ordinance, bidadicu and return home for becoming a house-holder.
वेदव्रतोपवासेन चतुर्थे चायुषो गते॥ गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा समावर्तेद्यथाविधि॥