[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) › 1.2.23 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.23 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872) 1.2.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.23) sāṃtapanā idaṃ havir ity eṣa ha vai sāṃtapano 'gnir yad brāhmaṇo yasya garbhādhānapuṃsavanasīmantonnayanajātakarmanāmakaraṇaniṣkramaṇānnaprāśanagodānacūḍākaraṇopanayanāplavanāgnihotravratacaryādīnikṛtāni bhavanti sa sāṃtapano 'tha yo 'yam anagnikaḥ sa kumbhe tad yathā kumbhe loṣṭaḥ prakṣipto naiva śaucārthāya kalpate naiva śasyaṃ nirvartayaty evam evāyaṃ brāhmo 'nagnikas tasya brāhmaṇasyānagnikasya naiva daivaṃ dadyān na pitryaṃ na cāsya svādhyāyāśiṣo na yajña āśiṣaḥ svargaṃgamā bhavanti / tad apy etad ṛcoktam / agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe hotāraṃ viśvavedasam / asya yajñasya sukratum iti brāhmaṇam // - [Previous: 1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.22) - [Next: 1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.24) - [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.1.2.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.23) · Pramāṇa