r̥tṃ ca svādhyāyapravacane ca | satyṃ ca svādhyāyapravacane ca | tapaśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | damaśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | śamaśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | agnayaśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | agnihotrṃ ca svādhyāyapravacane ca | atithayaśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | mānuṣṃ ca svādhyāyapravacane ca | prajā ca svādhyāyapravacane ca | prajanaśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | prajātiśca svādhyāyapravacane ca | satyamiti satyavacā rāthītarḥ | tapa iti taponityḥ pauruśiṣṭiḥ | svādhyāyapravacane eveti nāko maudgalyḥ | taddhi tapastaddhi tapḥ ||
“Right, truth, austerity, restraint, calm, fires, fire-offering, guests, common duty, offspring, begetting and nurture — each along with study and teaching. Rāthītara holds by truth, Pauruśiṣṭi by austerity, Nāka Maudgalya by study and teaching alone — for that is austerity indeed.”