Gopathabrahmana 1.2.17
Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919) 1.2.17
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1.2.17
kim upajña ātreyo bhavatīti_
ādityaṃ hi tamo jagrāha
tad atrir apanunoda
tad atrir anvapaśyat
tad apy etad ṛcoktaṃ <srutād yam atrir divam unnināya [ŚS 13.2.4c, PS 18.20.8c]>
<divi tvātrir adhārayat sūryā māsāya kartave [ŚS 13.2.12ab, PS 18.21.6ab]>_iti
taṃ hovāca varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti
sa hovāca dakṣiṇīyā me prajā syād iti
tasmād ātreyāya prathamaṃ dakṣiṇā yajñe dīyanta iti brāhmaṇam || 17 ||