Gopathabrahmana 1.2.16
Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919) 1.2.16
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1.2.16
prajāpatir atharvā devaḥ sa tapas taptvaitaṃ cātuḥprāśyaṃ brahmaudanaṃ niramimīta caturlokaṃ caturdevaṃ caturvedaṃ caturhautram iti
catvāro vā ime lokāḥ pṛthivy antarikṣaṃ dyaur āpa iti
catvāro vā ime devā agnir vāyur ādityaś candramāḥ_
catvāro vā ime vedā ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo brahmaveda iti
catasro vā imā hotrā hautram ādhvaryavam audgātraṃ brahmatvam iti
tad apy etad ṛcoktaṃ <catvāri śṛṅgā trayo asya pādā dve śīrṣe sapta hastāso asya | tridhā baddho vṛṣabho roravīti maho devo martyāṃ āviveśa [PS 8.13.3]>_iti
catvāri śṛṅgeti vedā vā eta uktās
trayo asya pādā iti savanāny eva
dve śīrṣe iti brahmaudanapravargyāv eva
sapta hastāso asyeti chandāṃsy eva
tridhā baddha iti mantraḥ kalpo brāhmaṇam_
vṛṣabho roravīty eṣa ha vai vṛṣabha eṣa tad roravīti yad yajñeṣu śastrāṇi śaṃsaty ṛgbhir yajurbhiḥ sāmabhir brahmabhir iti
maho devo martyāṃ āviveśety eṣa ha vai mahān devo yad yajñaḥ_
eṣa martyāṃ āviveśa
yo vidyāt sapta pravata iti prāṇān āha
sapta vidyāt parāvata ity apānān āha
śiro yajñasya yo vidyād ity etad vai yajñasya śiro yan mantravān brahmaudanaḥ_
yo ha vā etam amantravantaṃ brahmaudanam upeyād apaśirasā ha vā asya yajñam upeto bhavati
tasmān mantravantam eva brahmaudanam upeyān nāmantravantam iti brāhmaṇam || 16 || [ed. brāhmanam]