[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) › 1.2.7 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.7 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872) 1.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.7) nopari śāyī syān na gāyano na nartano na saraṇo na niṣṭhīvet yad upari śāyī bhavaty abhīkṣṇaṃ nivāsā jāyante yad gāyano bhavaty abhīkṣṇaśa ākrandān dhāvante yan nartano bhavaty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ pretān nirharante yat saraṇo bhavaty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ prajāḥ saṃviśante yan niṣṭhīvati madhya eva tadātmano niṣṭhīvati sa cen niṣṭhīved divo nu māṃ yad atrāpi madhor ahaṃ yad atrāpi rasasya ma ity ātmānam anumantrayate / yad atrāpi madhor ahaṃ niriṣṭaviṣamasmṛtaṃ / agniś ca tat savitā ca punar me jaṭhare dhattām / yad atrāpi rasasya me parāpapātāsma tam / tad ihopahvayāmahe tan ma āpyāyatāṃ punar iti / na śmaśānam ātiṣṭhet sa ced abhitiṣṭhed udakaṃ haste kṛtvā yadīdam ṛtukāmyety abhimantrya japaṃt samprokṣya parikrāmet samayāyopari vrajet yadīdam ṛtukāmyāghaṃ ripram upeyima andhaḥ śloṇa iva hīyatām / mā no 'nvāgād aghaṃ yata iti / atha haitad devānāṃ pariṣūtaṃ yad brahmacārī / tad apy etad ṛcoktam / devānām etat pariṣūtam anabhyārūḍhaṃ carati rocamānaṃ tasmin sarve paśavas tatra yajñās tasminn annaṃ saha devatābhir iti brāhmaṇam // - [Previous: 1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.6) - [Next: 1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.8) - [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.1.2.7) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Paippalādasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva*paippalada.16.155.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.7) · Pramāṇa