उपकोसलो ह वै कामलायनः सत्यकामे जाबाले ब्रह्मचार्यम् उवास । तस्य ह द्वादश वार्षान्य् अग्नीन् परिचचार । स ह स्मान्यान् अन्तेवासिनः समावर्तयंस् तं ह स्मैव न समावर्तयति
upakosalo ha vai kāmalāyanaḥ satyakāme jābāle brahmacāryam uvāsa | tasya ha dvādaśa vārṣāny agnīn paricacāra | sa ha smānyān antevāsinaḥ samāvartayaṃs taṃ ha smaiva na samāvartayati
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Upakosala Kâmalâyana dwelt as a Brahmakârin (religious student) in the house of Satyakâma Gâbâla. He tended his fires for twelve years. But the teacher, though he allowed other pupils (after they had learnt the sacred books) to depart to their own homes, did not allow Upakosala to depart.
Translated by F. Max Müller