[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) › 1.2.6 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.6 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.6) brahma ha vai prajā mṛtyave saṃprāyacchat\_ brahmacāriṇam eva na saṃpradadau sa hovācāśyām asminn iti kim iti yāṃ rātrīṃ samidham anāhṛtya vaset tām āyuṣo 'varundhīyeti tasmād brahmacāry aharahaḥ samidha āhṛtya sāyaṃprātar agniṃ paricaret\_ nopary upasādayed atha pratiṣṭhāpayet\_ yad upary upasādayej jīmūtavarṣī tad ahaḥ parjanyo bhavati te devā abruvan brāhmaṇo vā ayaṃ brahmacaryaṃ cariṣyati brūtāsmai bhikṣā iti gṛhapatir brūta bahucārī gṛhapatnyā iti kim asyā vṛñjītādadatyā iti\_ iṣṭāpūrtasukṛtadraviṇam avarundhyād iti tasmād brahmacāriṇe 'harahar bhikṣāṃ dadyād gṛhiṇī mā māyam iṣṭāpūrtasukṛtadraviṇam avarundhyād iti saptamīṃ nātinayet saptamīm atinayan na brahmacārī bhavati samidbhaikṣe saptarātram acaritavān brahmacārī punarupaneyo bhavati || 6 || - [Previous: 1.2.5\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.5_4) - [Next: 1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.7) - [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.1.2.6) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.813) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.6) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.6) · Pramāṇa