[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) › 1.3.20 # Gopathabrahmana 1.3.20 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.20) samāvṛttā ācāryā niṣedus tān ha yajño dīkṣiṣyamāṇān brāhmaṇarūpaṃ kṛtvopodeyāya\_ itthaṃ ced vo 'pasamavatsur hanta vo 'haṃ madhye dīkṣā iti \[ed. 'pasamavatsur, Patyal proposes apasamavatasthur, ed. dikṣā\] ta ūcur naiva tvā vidma na jānīmaḥ ko hīdavijñāyamānena saha dīkṣiṣyatīti yan nv idaṃ dīkṣiṣyadhve bhūyo na dīkṣiṣyadhve\_ atha vā u evaṃ dīkṣayiṣyatha saṃ vai tarhi mohiṣyatha mohiṣyati vo yajñaḥ sarve te dīkṣayiṣyatheti\_ atha vā u ekaṃ dīkṣayiṣyatha te vā ahīnartvijo gṛhapatayo bhaviṣyatha te tūṣṇīṃ dhyāyanta āsāṃ cakrire sa hovāca kiṃ nu tūṣṇīm ādhve bhūyo vaḥ pṛcchāmaḥ pṛcchateti yan nv idaṃ dīkṣiṣyadhva upame etasmin saṃvatsare mithunaṃ cariṣyatha nopaiṣyatheti \[Patyal finds upamay etasmin in two BORI mss. and proposes to accept thise reading\] dhig iti hocuḥ kathaṃ na dīkṣitā upaiṣyāmo nopaiṣyāmahā iti te vai brāhmaṇānām abhimantāro bhaviṣyatha reto ha vo ya etasmin saṃvatsare brāhmaṇās tad abhaviṣyaṃs te bodhimatā bhaviṣyatheti\_ atha vā upeṣyāmo nopeṣyāmahā iti te vai dīkṣitā avakīrṇino bhaviṣyatha na ha vai devayānaḥ panthā prādur bhaviṣyatīti tiro vai devayānaḥ panthā bhaviṣyatīti te vayaṃ bhagavantam evopadhāvāma yathā svasti saṃvatsarasyodṛcaṃ samaśnavāmahā iti brāhmaṇam || 20 || - [Previous: 1.3.19\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.19_7) - [Next: 1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.21) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.6.20) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.20) · Pramāṇa