[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c24.12 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.12 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c24.12 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.12) ⁶²² ब्रह्मचारीष्णंश्चरति रोदसी उभे तस्मिन्देवाः संमनसो भवन्ति । स दाधार पृथिवीं दिवं च स आचार्यं तपसा पिपर्ति ॥ अथर्ववेद XI. 7. 1. This verse is explained in गोपथब्राह्मण II. 1. आचार्य उपनयमानो ब्रह्मचारिणं कृणुते गर्भमन्तः । अथर्व XI. 7. 3 the idea is found in Āp. Dh. S. I. 1. 1. 16-18 (quoted above p. 189 \*f. n.\* 443) and compare शतपथब्रा. XI. 5. 4. 12 ‘आचार्यो गर्भीभवति हस्तमाधाय दक्षिणम् । तृतीयस्यां स जायते सावित्र्या सह ब्राह्मणः ॥’. ब्रह्मचर्येति समिधा समिद्ध कार्ष्णं वसानो दीक्षितो दीर्घश्मश्रुः । अथर्व XI. 7. 6. - [Previous: v2.c24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.11) - [Next: v2.c24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.13) - [Up: v2.c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24) ## Cites (3) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.5.4.12) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.12) · Pramāṇa