[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) › [Gopathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) › [Gopathabrahmana 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyabhushana 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra) › 1.2.11 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.11 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872) 1.2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.11) bhūmir ha vai etad vicchinnaṃ devayajanaṃ yad aprāk pravaṇaṃ yad anudak pravaṇaṃ yat kṛtrimaṃ yat samaviṣamam idaṃ ha tv eva devayajanaṃ yat samaṃ samūlam avidagdhaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ prāg udak pravaṇaṃ samaṃ samāstīrṇam iva bhavati yatra brāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇatāṃ vidyād brahmā brahmatvaṃ karotīti voce chandas tan na vindāmo yenottaram emahīti / tān ha papraccha kiṃ vidvān hotā hautraṃ karoti kiṃ vidvān adhvaryur ādhvaryavaṃ karoti kiṃ vidvān udgātaudgātraṃ karoti kiṃ vidvān brahmā brahmatvaṃ karotīti voce chandas tan na vindāmo yenottaram emahīti / te brūmo vāg eva hotā hautraṃ karoti vāco hi stomāś ca vaṣaṭkārāś cābhisaṃpadyante te brūmo vāg eva hotā vāg brahma vāk deva iti / prāṇāpānābhyām evādhvaryur ādhvaryavaṃ karoti prāṇaḥ praṇītāni ha bhūtāni prāṇaḥ praṇītā praṇītās te brūmaḥ prāṇāpānāv evādhvaryū prāṇāpānau brahma prāṇāpānau deva iti / cakṣuṣaivodgātā audgātraṃ karoti cakṣuṣā hīmāni bhūtāni paśyanty atho cakṣur evodgātā cakṣur brahma cakṣur deva iti / manasaiva brahmā brahmatvaṃ karoti manasā hi tiryak ca diśa ūrdhvaṃ ca yac ca kiṃca manasaiva karoti tad brahma te brūmo mana eva brahmā mano brahma mano deva iti // - [Previous: 1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.10) - [Next: 1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.12) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.1.2.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.11) · Pramāṇa