[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Gopathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) › [Gopathabrahmana 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyabhushana 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra) › 1.2.5 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.5 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872) 1.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.5) janamejayo ha vai pārīkṣito mṛgayāṃ cariṣyan haṃsābhyām aśikṣann upāvatastha iti tāv ūcatur janamejayaṃ pārīkṣitam abhyājagāma sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau kau nu bhagavantāv iti tāv ūcatur dakṣiṇāgniś cāhavanīyaś ceti sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau tadākīyatām iti hopārāmam ity api kila devā na ramante na hi devā na ramante 'pi caikopārāmād devā ārāmam upasaṃkrāmantīti sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau kiṃ puṇyam iti brahmacaryam iti kiṃ laukyam iti brahmacaryam eveti tat ko veda iti dantāvalo dhaumro 'tha khalu dantāvalo dhaumro yāvati tāvati kāle pārīkṣitaṃ janamejayam abhyājagāma tasmā uptyāya svayam eva viṣṭaraṃ nidadhau tam upasaṃgṛhya papracchādhīhi bho kiṃ puṇyam iti brahmacaryam iti kiṃ laukyam iti brahmacaryam eveti tasmā etat provācāṣṭācatvāriṃśad varṣaṃ sarvavedabrahmacaryaṃ tac caturdhā vedeṣu vyūhya dvādaśavarṣaṃ brahmacaryaṃ dvādaśavarṣāṇy avarārdham api stāyaṃś cared yathāśakty aparam / tasmā uhasy ṛṣabhau sahasraṃ dadāv apy apikīrtitam ācāryo brahmacārīty eka āhur ākāśam adhidaivatam athādhyātmaṃ brāhmaṇo vratavāṃś caraṇavān brahmacārī // - [Previous: 1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.4) - [Next: 1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.6) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.1.2.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.5) · Pramāṇa