sa capi tad u ha pitr-sannidhav evasadhricinam iva sma karoti
chandamsy adhyapayisyan saha vyahrtibhih sapranava-siras tripadim
savitrim graisma-vasantikan masan adhiyanam apy asamaveta-rupam
grahayam asa.
sah-he (Jada Bharata); ca-also; api-indeed; tat u ha-that which was instructed by his father; pitr-sannidhau-in the presence of his father; eva-even; asadhricinam iva-not correct, as if he could not understand anything; sma karoti-used to perform; chandamsi adhyapayisyan-desiring to teach him Vedic mantras during the months beginning with Sravana or during the period of Caturmasya; saha-along with; vyahrtibhih-the utterance of the names of the heavenly planets (bhuh, bhuvah, svah); sa-pranava-sirah-headed by omkara; tri-padim-three-footed; savitrim-the Gayatri mantra; graisma-vasantikan-for four months, beginning with Caitra, on the fifteenth of May; masan-the months; adhiyanam api-although fully studying; asamaveta-rupam-in an incomplete form; grahayam asa-he made him learn.