Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

2.217. On returning from a journey he must clasp the feet of his teacher’s wife and daily salute her (in the
manner just mentioned), remembering the duty of the virtuous.
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2.218. As the man who digs with a spade (into the ground) obtains water, even so an obedient (pupil) obtains
the knowledge which lies (hidden) in his teacher.
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2.219. A (student) may either shave his head, or wear his hair in braids, or braid one lock on the crown of his
head; the sun must never set or rise while he (lies asleep) in the village.
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2.220. If the sun should rise or set while he is sleeping, be it (that he offended) intentionally or unintentionally,
he shall fast during the (next) day, muttering (the Savitri).
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2.221. For he who lies (sleeping), while the sun sets or rises, and does not perform (that) penance, is tainted by
great guilt.
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2.222. Purified by sipping water, he shall daily worship during both twilights with a concentrated mind in a pure
place, muttering the prescribed text according to the rule.
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2.223. If a woman or a man of low caste perform anything (leading to) happiness, let him diligently practise it,
as well as (any other permitted act) in which his heart finds pleasure.
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2.224. (Some declare that) the chief good consists in (the acquisition of) spiritual merit and wealth, (others place
it) in (the gratification of) desire and (the acquisition of) wealth, (others) in (the acquisition of) spiritual merit
alone, and (others say that the acquisition of) wealth alone is the chief good here (below); but the (correct)
decision is that it consists of the aggregate of (those) three.
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2.225. The teacher, the father, the mother, and an elder brother must not be treated with disrespect, especially by
a Brahmana, though one be grievously offended (by them).
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2.226. The teacher is the image of Brahman, the father the image of Pragipati (the lord of created beings), the
mother the image of the earth, and an (elder) full brother the image of oneself.