[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) › 1.4.17 # Gopathabrahmana 1.4.17 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.4.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.17) atha yac caturviṃśam ahar upetyānupetya viṣuvantaṃ mahāvratam upeyāt katham anāgūrtyai bhavatīti yam evāmuṃ purastād viṣuvato 'tirātram upayanti teneti brūyāt\_ \[ed. 'tiratram\] abhiplavaṃ purastād viṣuvataḥ pūrvam upayanti pṛṣṭyam upariṣṭāt pitā vā abhiplavaḥ putraḥ pṛṣṭhyas tasmāt pūrve vayasi putrāḥ pitaram upajīvanti pṛṣṭhyaṃ paścād viṣuvataḥ pūrvam upayanty abhiplavam upariṣṭāt pitā vā abhiplavaḥ putraḥ pṛṣṭhyas tasmād uttame vayasi putrān pitopajīvati ya evaṃ veda tad apy etad ṛcoktaṃ \<śatam in nu śarado anti devā yatrā naś cakrā jarasaṃ tanūnām | putrāso yatra pitaro bhavanti mā no madhyā rīriṣatāyur gantoḥ \[ṚV 1.89.9\]\>\_iti\_ upa ha vā enaṃ pūrve vayasi putrāḥ pitaram upajīvanty upottame vayasi putrān pitopajīvati ya evaṃ veda || 17 || - [Previous: 1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.16) - [Next: 1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.18) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.7.17) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5898) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.17) · Pramāṇa