[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) › 1.2.7 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.7 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.7) nopariśāyī syān na gāyano na nartano na saraṇo na niṣṭhīvet\_ yad upariśāyī bhavaty abhīkṣṇaṃ nivāsā jāyante yad gāyano bhavaty abhīkṣṇaśa ākrandān dhāvante yan nartano bhavaty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ pretān nirharante yat saraṇo bhavaty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ prajāḥ saṃviśante yan niṣṭhīvati madhya eva tadātmano niṣṭhīvati sa cen niṣṭhīved \ \ \\_ity ātmānam anumantrayate \ || \\_iti na śmaśānam ātiṣṭhet sa ced abhitiṣṭhed udakaṃ haste kṛtvā \ abhimantrya japant samprokṣya parikrāmet samayāyoparivrajed \\_iti\_ atha haitad devānāṃ pariṣūtaṃ yad brahmacārī tad apy etad ṛcoktaṃ devānām etat pariṣūtam anabhyārūḍhaṃ carati rocamānaṃ tasmin sarve paśavas tatra yajñās tasminn annaṃ saha devatābhir iti brāhmaṇam || 7 || - [Previous: 1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.6) - [Next: 1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.8) - [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.1.2.7) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.151) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.169) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.7) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.7) · Pramāṇa