[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) › 1.4.6 # Gopathabrahmana 1.4.6 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.6) atha brahmaṇe brāhmaṇācchaṃsinaṃ dīkṣayati\_ athodgātre prastotāraṃ dīkṣayati\_ atha hotre maitrāvaruṇaṃ dīkṣayati\_ athādhvaryave pratiprasthātāraṃ neṣṭā dīkṣayati sa hainam anu\_ eteṣāṃ vai navānāṃ kḷptim anv itare kalpante nava vai prāṇāḥ prāṇair yajñas tāyate\_ atha brahmaṇe potāraṃ dīkṣayati\_ athodgātre pratihartāraṃ dīkṣayati\_ atha hotre 'cchāvākaṃ dīkṣayati\_ athādhvaryave neṣṭāram unnetā dīkṣayati sa hainam anu\_ atha brahmaṇa āgnīdhraṃ dīkṣyati\_ athodgātre subrahmaṇyaṃ dīkṣayati\_ atha hotre grāvastutaṃ dīkṣayati\_ atha tamanyaḥ snātako vā brahmacārī vā dīkṣayati na pūtaḥ pāvayed ity āhuḥ saiṣānupūrvaṃ dīkṣā tad ya evaṃ dīkṣante dīkṣiṣyamāṇā eva te sattriṇāṃ prāyaścittaṃ na vindante sattriṇāṃ prāyaścittam anu tasyārdhasya yogakṣemaḥ kalpate yasminn ardhe dīkṣanta iti brāhmaṇam || 6 || - [Previous: 1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.5) - [Next: 1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.7) - [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.7.6) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.6) · Pramāṇa