Chapter 3

tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ |
kāśyayapaḥ |
gururevaṃ tvayā proko prokto mune kiṃlakṣaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ |
kiṃ vā yoniḥsamācāra satcchiṣyaścāpi |
kīṭṭaśaḥ || 1 ||
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viśvāmitraḥ |
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi gurorlekṣaṇamuttamam |
brāhmaṇyāṃ brāhmaṇājjāto yathāvat sāṅgavedavit || 2 ||
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kṛtaśramaḥ śabdaśāstre bahuśaḥ prayatātmavān |
nyāyaśāstre ca niṣṇāto vaiśeṣikavicakṣaṇaḥ || 3 ||
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mīmāṃsāpāraṭṭaśvā ca sāṃkhye yoge ca niṣṭhitaḥ |
jyotiṣāmayane kalpe śīkṣāyāṃ ca viśāradaḥ || 4 ||
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nirukte chandasāṃ śāstre vāstuśāstre tathauva ca |
sarvaśāstrārthatattvajñaḥ pratibhānasamanvitaḥ || 5 ||
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vedāntaviśrantamanāḥ karmaṇāṃ ca prayogavit |
pañcarātrārthaniṣṇātaḥ pañcakālaparāyaṇaḥ || 6 ||
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sṛṣṭisaṃhāratattvajño lokānāṃ karuṇākaraḥ |
sthiraghīrmadhurābhāṣī vinītaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ || 7 ||
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vimatsaraḥ prasannātmā sādhurvāgmī jitendriyaḥ |
upendriyaḥ paṇḍitaśca puṇyāpuṇyavivekabhāk || 8 ||
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prāsādapratimādīnāṃ guṇadoṣaviśeṣavit |
nityastrāyī śuddhavāsāḥ śuddhaveṣaḥ śubhāśrayaḥ || 9 ||
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doṣābhipvaṅgarahito jñānī nityaṃ jitendriyaḥ |
viṣṇorārādhanaparo hutāgrirmantravittamaḥ || 10 ||
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sarvasaṃśayasaṃchettā śipyāṇāṃ śāntamānasaḥ |
vaiṣṇavānāgatān ṭṛṣṭvā hmabhyutthānābhivādanaiḥ || 11 ||
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pratigrahītārcanābhirarghyādyābhiḥ kutūhalāt |
ananyacetāḥ satataṃ viṣṇorbhajanatatparaḥ || 12 ||
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samayācāranirataḥ saṃvidvāgmī guroḥ priyaḥ |
preṣyavargāśanāt paścāt svayaṃ bhoktā satāṃ mataḥ || 13 ||
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parāṅmukho niṣiddheṣu paramāstikyasaṃyutaḥ |
dhṛtordhvapuṇṅgaḥ satataṃ śastayā śvetamṛtsrayā || 14 ||
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śaṅkhacakādibhiśrihaiḥ sveṣu sthāneṣu lāñchataḥ |
anyūnānatiriktaiśca sarvāṅaigaḥ samanaṅkṛtaḥ || 15 ||
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ābhirūpyaguṇopeteḥ prajārañjanatatparaḥ |
evaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃyukto yaḥ sa ācārya ucyate || 16 ||
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śiṣyāṇāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vacmi tacchṛṇupva sāhitaḥ |
triṣu varṇeṣu saṃbhūtaḥ praśastakulasaṃbhavaḥ || 17 ||
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adhatasāṅgavedaśca nityastrāyī jitendriyaḥ |
śrutavṛttopasaṃpannaḥ satyavāk pāṭhatatparaḥ || 18 ||
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ācaryabhaktiyuktaśca suśīlaḥ śāṭhyavarjitaḥ |
alubdhaḥ saṃvibhāgī ca kṛtajñaḥ sajjanāṭṛtaḥ || 19 ||
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khadāramātrasaṃtuṣṭaḥ śāstraśravaṇatatparaḥ |
saṃvatsaraistribhirvāpi dvābhyāṃ vaikena vā dvija || 20 ||
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parīkṣitaḥ prasannātmā viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ |
aparyuṣitabhoktā ca jihvācāpalavarjitaḥ || 21 ||
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saṃnidhau ca gurormaunī bhūmāvevopaveśakaḥ |
mātāpitroṣca śuśrūṣuḥ śrautasmārtakriyāparaḥ || 22 ||
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guroḥ patnayāṃ guroḥ putre guruvadvṛttisaṃyutaḥ |
mitrāṇāmanabhidrehī dveṣyasaṃgavivarjitaḥ || 23 ||
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niṣiddhācāravimukho vṛddhānāmabhivādakaḥ |
agrikārye ca nirato guro rveśmanyatandritaḥ || 24 ||
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ārādhako vaiṣṇavānāṃ vedyānāṃ śubhalakṣṇaḥ |
dhṛtordhvapuṇḍratikalaḥ sadā dvādaśanāmabhiḥ || 25 ||
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praśastojjavalaveṣaśca śaṅkhacakrādilāñchitaḥ |
evamādiguṇaiyuṃktaḥ sthiradhīḥ śiṣya ucyate || 26 ||
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striyaḥ śūdrāścānulomāḥ kalyāṇaguṇasaṃyutāḥ |
yadi tānapi śiṣyatve gṛhṇīyāt kṛpayā guruḥ || 27 ||
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bādhiryādibhirācāryo doṣaiḥ kaiścidyuto yadi |
na sa tyājyo bhavedeṣa dīkṣitaścakramaṇḍale || 28 ||
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