Gopathabrahmana 1.2.6
Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919) 1.2.6
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1.2.6
brahma ha vai prajā mṛtyave saṃprāyacchat_
brahmacāriṇam eva na saṃpradadau
sa hovācāśyām asminn iti
kim iti
yāṃ rātrīṃ samidham anāhṛtya vaset tām āyuṣo 'varundhīyeti
tasmād brahmacāry aharahaḥ samidha āhṛtya sāyaṃprātar agniṃ paricaret_
nopary upasādayed atha pratiṣṭhāpayet_
yad upary upasādayej jīmūtavarṣī tad ahaḥ parjanyo bhavati
te devā abruvan brāhmaṇo vā ayaṃ brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyati
brūtāsmai bhikṣā iti gṛhapatir brūta bahucārī gṛhapatnyā iti
kim asyā vṛñjītādadatyā iti_
iṣṭāpūrtasukṛtadraviṇam avarundhyād iti
tasmād brahmacāriṇe 'harahar bhikṣāṃ dadyād gṛhiṇī mā māyam iṣṭāpūrtasukṛtadraviṇam avarundhyād iti
saptamīṃ nātinayet saptamīm atinayan na brahmacārī bhavati
samidbhaikṣe saptarātram acaritavān brahmacārī punarupaneyo bhavati || 6 ||