[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) › 1.3.21 # Gopathabrahmana 1.3.21 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.21) sa hovāca dvādaśa ha vai vasūni dīkṣitād utkrāmanti na ha vai dīkṣito 'gnihotraṃ juhuyāt\_ na paurṇamāsena yajñena yajeta nāmāvāsyena\_ asmin vasīta na pitṛyajñena yajeta na tatra gacched yatra manasā jigamiṣet\_ neṣṭyā yajeta na vācā yathākathā cid abhibhāṣeta na mithunaṃ caret\_ nānnāsya yathākāmam upayuñjīta na paśubandhena yajñena yajeta na tatra gacched yatra cakṣuṣā parāpaśyet kṛṣṇājinaṃ vasīta kurīraṃ dhārayet\_ muṣṭī kuryāt\_ aṅguṣṭhaprabhṛtayas tisra ucchrayet\_ mṛgaśṛṅgaṃ gṛhṇīyāt tena kaṣeta\_ atha yasya dīkṣitasya vāg vāyatā syān muṣṭī vā visṛṣṭau sa etāni japet || 21 || - [Previous: 1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.20) - [Next: 1.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.22) - [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.6.21) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.509) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.21) · Pramāṇa