[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) › 1.2.5 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.5 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.5) janamejayo ha vai pārīkṣito mṛgayāṃ cariṣyan haṃsābhyām asiṣyann 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 tad ākīyatām iti\_ ihopārāmam iti\_ api kila devā na ramante na hi devā na ramantae\_ api caikopārāmād devā ārāmam upasaṃkrāmantīti sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau kiṃ puṇyam iti brahmacaryam iti kiṃ laukyam iti brahmacaryam eveti tat ko veda iti dantāvalo dhaumraḥ\_ atha khalu dantāvalo dhaumro yāvati tāvati kāle pārīkṣitaṃ janamejayam abhyājagāma tasmā utthāya svayam eva viṣṭaraṃ nidadhau tam upasaṃgṛhya papracchādhīhi bho kiṃ puṇyam iti brahmacaryam iti kiṃ laukyam iti brahmacaryam eveti tasmā etat provācāṣṭācatvāriṃśad varṣaṃ sarvavedabrahmacaryam\_ tac caturdhā vedeṣu vyuhya dvādaśavarṣaṃ brahmacaryaṃ dvādaśavarṣāṇy avarārdham - [Previous: 1.2.4\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.4_5) - [Next: 1.2.5x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.5x) - [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.1.2.5) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.73) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.5) · Pramāṇa