[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) › 1.2.2 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.2 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.2) jāyamāno ha vai brāhmaṇaḥ saptendriyāṇy abhijāyate brahmavarcasaṃ ca yaśaś ca svapnaṃ ca krodhaṃ ca ślāghāṃ ca rūpaṃ ca puṇyam eva gandhaṃ saptamam\_ tāni ha vā asyaitāni brahmacaryam upetyopakrāmanti mṛgān asya brahmavarcasaṃ gacchati\_ ācāryaṃ yaśaḥ\_ ajagaraṃ svapnaḥ\_ varāhaṃ krodhaḥ\_ apaḥ ślāghā kumārīṃ rūpam oṣadhivanaspatīn puṇyo gandhaḥ sa yan mṛgājināni vaste tena tad brahmavarcasam avarunddhe yad asya mṛgeṣu bhavati sa ha snāto brahmavarcasī bhavati sa yad aharahar ācāryāya karma karoti tena tad yaśo 'varunddhe yad asyācārye bhavati sa ha snāto yaśasvī bhavati sa yat suṣupsur nidrāṃ ninayati tena taṃ svapnam avarunddhe yo 'syājagare bhavati taṃ ha snātaṃ svapantam āhuḥ svapitu mainaṃ bobudhatheti sa yat kruddho vācā na kaṃ cana hinasti puruṣātpuruṣāt pāpīyān iva manyamānas tena taṃ krodham avarunddhe yo 'sya varāhe bhavati tasya ha snātasya krodhāḥ ślāghīyasaṃ viśante\_ athādbhiḥ ślāghamāno na snāyāt tena tāṃ ślāghām avarunddhe yāsyāpsu bhavati sa ha snātaḥ ślāghīyo 'nyebhyaḥ ślāghyate\_ athaitad brahmacāriṇo rūpaṃ yat kumāryās tāṃ nagnāṃ nodīkṣeta\_ iti veti vā mukhaṃ viparidhāpayet - [Previous: 1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.1) - [Next: 1.2.2x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.2x) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.2) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.1100) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.137) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.220) — R. S. Sharma, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.2) · Pramāṇa