A student acquires quarter portion of knowledge from the teacher, a quarter from self-study, a quarter from classmates and

the final quarter in course of time. chryt pdamdatte pdam isya svamedhay | pdam sabrahmacribhyah pdam klakramena ca || Out of the total learning, you receive one quarter from acharya, one quarter is received by applying your intelligence, one quarter from your fellow beings and the last quarter you learn in course of time.