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Chandogya Upanishad 4.18

अथ ह शौनकं च कापेयमभिप्रतारिणं च काक्षसेनिं परिविष्यमाणौ ब्रह्मचारी बिभिक्षे तस्मा उ ह न ददतुः ॥ ५ ॥

4.3.5 — atha ha shaunakam cha kapeyamabhipratarinam cha kakshasenim parivishyamanau brahmachari bibhikshe tasma u ha na dadatuh || 5 ||

Once while Saunaka Kâpeya and Abhipratârin Kâkshaseni were being waited on at their meal, a religious student begged of them. They gave him nothing.

एक बार जब शौनक कापेय तथा अभिप्रतारिन् काक्षसेनि भोजन करा रहे थे, तब एक ब्रह्मचारी ने उनसे भिक्षा माँगी; उन्होंने उसे कुछ नहीं दिया।