Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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2.148. But that birth which a teacher acquainted with the whole Veda, in accordance with the law, procures for
him through the Savitri, is real, exempt from age and death.
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2.149. (The pupil) must know that that man also who benefits him by (instruction in) the Veda, be it little or
much, is called in these (Institutes) his Guru, in consequence of that benefit (conferred by instruction in) the
Veda.
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2.150. That Brahmana who is the giver of the birth for the sake of the Veda and the teacher of the prescribed
duties becomes by law the father of an aged man, even though he himself be a child.
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2.151. Young Kavi, the son of Angiras, taught his (relatives who were old enough to be) fathers, and, as he
excelled them in (sacred) knowledge, he called them ’Little sons.’
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2.155. The seniority of Brahmanas is from (sacred) knowledge, that of Kshatriyas from valour, that of Vaisyas
from wealth in grain (and other goods), but that of Sudras alone from age.
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2.156. A man is not therefore (considered) venerable because his head is gray; him who, though young, has
learned the Veda, the gods consider to be venerable.
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2.157. As an elephant made of wood, as an antelope made of leather, such is an unlearned Brahmana; those
three have nothing but the names (of their kind).