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There was Svetaketu, the grandson of Aruna. His father said to him: 'Svetaketu, go and live the life of a celibate student of sacred knowledge; for no one of our family, dear boy, remains unlearned in the Vedas, a brahmin in name only.'
HinduParableGuruDisciplineSanskrit
Chandogya Upanishad 6.1.1

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Chandogya Upanishad
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Chandogya Upanishad
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ChU.6.1.1
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