[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) › [Gopathabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) › 1.1.31 # Gopathabrahmana 1.1.31 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.31) etad dha smaitad vidvāṃsam ekādaśākṣaṃ maudgalyaṃ glāvo maitreyo 'bhyājagāma sa tasmin brahmacaryaṃ vasato vijñāyovāca kiṃ svin maryā ayaṃ tan maudgalyo 'dhyeti yad asmin brahmacaryaṃ vasatīti tad dhi maudgalyasyāntevāsī śuśrāva sa ācāryāyāvrajyācacaṣṭe duradhīyānaṃ vā ayaṃ bhavantam avocad yo 'yam adyātithir bhavati kiṃ saumya vidvān iti trīn vedān brūte bho iti tasya saumya vipaṣṭo vijigīṣo 'ntevāsī taṃ me hvayeti tam ājuhāva tam abhyuvācāsāv iti bho iti kiṃ saumya ta ācāryo 'dhyetīti trīn vedān brūte bho iti yan nu khalu saumyāsmābhiḥ sarve vedā mukhato gṛhītāḥ kathaṃ ta evam ācāryo bhāṣate kathaṃ nu śiṣṭāḥ śiṣṭebhya evaṃ bhāṣeran yaṃ hy enam ahaṃ praśnaṃ pṛcchāmi na taṃ vivakṣyati na hy enam adhyetīti sa ha maudgalyaḥ svam antevāsinam uvāca parehi saumya glāvaṃ maitreyam upasīda\_ adhīhi bhoḥ sāvitrīṃ gāyatrīṃ caturviṃśatiyoniṃ dvādaśamithunām\_ yasyā bhṛgvaṅgirasaś cakṣuḥ\_ yasyāṃ sarvam idaṃ śritaṃ tāṃ bhavān prabravītv iti sa cet saumya duradhīyāno bhaviṣyaty ācāryovāca brahmacārī brahmācāriṇo sāvitrīṃ prāheti vakṣyati tat tvaṃ brūyād duradhīyānaṃ taṃ vai bhavān maudgalyam avocat - [Previous: 1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.30) - [Next: 1.1.31x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.31x) - [Up: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.1.31) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.551) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.89) — Mookerji 1947, English - [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c5.19) — Altekar 1934, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.31) · Pramāṇa