MBh, 1, 116, 30.31 yathā pāṇḍostu nirdeśastathā vipragaṇasya ca /

MBh, 5, 165, 13.3 yathā tvaṃ guṇanirdeśād aparādhaṃ cikīrṣasi //

MBh, 6, BhaGī 17, 23.1 oṃ tatsaditi nirdeśo brahmaṇastrividhaḥ smṛtaḥ /

MBh, 12, 184, 8.4 samyag atra śaucasaṃskāravinayaniyamapraṇīto vinītātmā ubhe saṃdhye bhāskarāgnidaivatānyupasthāya vihāya tandrālasye guror abhivādanavedābhyāsaśravaṇapavitrīkṛtāntarātmā triṣavaṇam upaspṛśya brahmacaryāgniparicaraṇaguruśuśrūṣānityo bhaikṣādisarvaniveditāntarātmā guruvacananirdeśānuṣṭhānāpratikūlo guruprasādalabdhasvādhyāyatatparaḥ syāt //

MBh, 12, 258, 38.1 yaśca nokto hi nirdeśaḥ striyā maithunatṛptaye /

MBh, 12, 280, 12.2 brāhmaṇāḥ śāstranirdeśād ityāhur brahmavādinaḥ //