[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) › 1.2.4 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.4 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.4) pañca ha vā ete brahmacāriṇy agnayo dhīyante dvau pṛthagghastayor mukhe hṛdaya upastha eva pañcamaḥ sa yad dakṣiṇena pāṇinā striyaṃ na spṛśati tenāharaharyājināṃ lokam avarunddhe yat savyena tena pravrājinām\_ yan mukhena tenāgnipraskandinām\_ yad dhṛdayena tena śūrāṇām\_ yad upasthena tena gṛhamedhinām\_ taiś cet striyaṃ parāharaty anagnir iva śiṣyate sa yad aharahar ācāryāya kule 'nutiṣṭhate so 'nuṣṭhāya brūyād dharma gupto mā gopāyeti dharmo hainaṃ gupto gopāyati tasya ha prajā śvaḥ śvaḥ śreyasī śreyasīha bhavati dhāyyaiva pratidhīyate svarge loke pitṝn nidadhāti tāntavaṃ na vasīta yas tāntavaṃ vaste kṣatraṃ vardhate na brahma tasmāt tāntavaṃ na vasīta brahma vardhatāṃ mā kṣatram iti nopary āsīta yad upary āste prāṇam eva tadātmano 'dharaṃ kurute yad vāto vahati\_ adha evāsītādhaḥ śayītādhas tiṣṭhed adho vrajet\_ evaṃ ha sma vai tat pūrve brāhmaṇā brahmacaryaṃ caranti taṃ ha sma tatputraṃ bhrātaraṃ vopatāpinam āhur upanayetainam iti\_ ā samiddhārāt svar eṣyanto 'nnam adyāt\_ athāha jaghanam āhuḥ snāpayetainam itiy ā samiddhārāt\_ - [Previous: 1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.3) - [Next: 1.2.4x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.4x) - [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.1.2.4) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c12.50) — Radhakumud Mookerji, 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.1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.4) · Pramāṇa