[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) › 1.3.9 # Gopathabrahmana 1.3.9 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.9) yat purastād vedeḥ prathamaṃ barhi stṛṇāti tasmād imāḥ prajāḥ śirastaḥ prathamaṃ lomaśā jāyante yad aparam iva prastaram anuprastṛṇāti tasmād āsām aparam iva śmaśrūṇy upakakṣāṇy anyāni lomāni jāyante yat prāg barhiṣaḥ prastaram anupraharati tasmād imāḥ prajāḥ śirastaḥ prathamaṃ palitā bhavanti yad antataḥ sarvam evānupraharati tasmād antataḥ sarva eva palitā bhavanti yat prayājā apuro'nuvākyāvanto bhavanti tasmād imāḥ prajā adantikā jāyante yad dhavīṃṣi puro'nuvākyāvanti bhavanti tasmād āsām aparam iva jāyante yad anuyājā apuro'nuvākyāvanto bhavanti tasmād āsāṃ saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāṇāṃ prabhidyante yat patnīsaṃyājāḥ puro'nuvākyāvanto bhavanti tasmād āsāṃ punar eva jāyante yat samiṣṭayajur apuro'nuvākyāvad bhavati tasmād antataḥ sarva eva prabhidyante yad gāyatryānūcya triṣṭubhā yajati tasmād adhare dantāḥ pūrve jāyante para uttare yad ṛcānūcya yajuṣā yajati tasmād adhare dantā aṇīyāṃso hrasīyāṃsaḥ prathīyāṃso varṣīyāṃsa uttare \[ed. varsīyāṃsa\] yad āghārau dīrghatarau prāñcāv āghārayati tasmād imau daṃṣṭrau dīrghatarau yat saṃyājye sacchandasī tasmāt same iva jambhe yac caturthe prayāje samānayati tasmād ime śrotre antarataḥ same iva dīrṇe yaj japaṃ japitvābhihiṃkṛṇoti tasmāt pumāṃsaḥ śmaśruvanto 'śmaśruva striyaḥ\_ yat sāmidhenīḥ saṃtanvann anvāha tasmād āsāṃ saṃtatam iva śarīraṃ bhavati yat sāmidhenyaḥ kāṣṭhahaviṣo bhavanti tasmād āsām asthīni dṛḍhatarāṇīva bhavanti yat prayājā ājyahaviṣo bhavanti tasmād āsāṃ prathame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ na saṃbhavati yan madhye haviṣāṃ dadhnā ca puroḍāśena ca pracaranti tasmād āsāṃ madhyame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ saṃbhavati yad anuyājā ājyahaviṣo bhavanti tasmād āsām uttame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ na saṃbhavati yad uttame 'nuyāje sakṛd apāniti tasmād idaṃ śiśnam uccaśa eti nīcī padyate yan nāpānet sakṛcchūnaṃ syāt\_ yan muhur apānet sakṛtpannaṃ syāt - [Previous: 1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.8) - [Next: 1.3.9x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.9x) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.9) · Pramāṇa