[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) › 1.2.24 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.24 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872) 1.2.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.24) atha ha prajāpatiḥ somena yakṣyamāṇo vedān uvāca kaṃ vo hotāraṃ vṛṇīyāṃ kam adhvaryuṃ kam udgātāraṃ kaṃ brahmāṇam iti / ta ūcur ṛgvidam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣva yajurvidam adhvaryuṃ sāmavidam udgātaram atharvāṅgirovidaṃ brahmāṇaṃ tathā hāsya yajñaś caturṣu lokeṣu caturṣu deveṣu caturṣu vedeṣu catasṛṣu hotrāsu catuṣpād yajñaḥ pratiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda tasmād ṛgvidam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣva sa hi hautraṃ vedāgnir vai hotā pṛthivī vā ṛcām āyatanam agnir devatā gāyatraṃ chandaḥ bhūr iti śukraṃ tasmāt tam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣvety etasya lokasya jitaya etasya lokasya vijitaya etasya lokasya saṃjitaya etasya lokasyāvaruddhaya etasya lokasya vṛddhaya etasya lokasya samṛddhaya etasya lokasyodāttaya etasya lokasya vyāptaya etasya lokasya paryāptaya etasya lokasya samāptaye atha cen naivaṃvidaṃ hotāraṃ vṛṇute purastād evaiṣāṃ yajño ricyate / yajurvidam evādhvaryuṃ vṛṇīṣva sa hy ādhvaryavaṃ veda vāyur vā adhvaryur antarikṣaṃ vai yajuṣām āyatanaṃ vāyur devatā traiṣṭubhaṃ chando bhuva iti śukraṃ tasmāt tam evādhvaryuṃ vṛṇīṣvety etasya lokasyety evātha cen naivaṃvidam adhvaryuṃ vṛṇute paścād evaiṣāṃ yajño ricyate / sāmavidam evodgātāraṃ vṛṇīṣva sa hy audgātraṃ vedādityo vā udgātā dyaur vai sāmnām āyatanam ādityo devatā jāgataṃ chandaḥ svar iti śukraṃ tasmāt tam evodgātāraṃ vṛṇīṣvety etasya lokasyety evātha cen naivaṃvidam udgātāraṃ vṛṇute uttara evaiṣāṃ yajño ricyate / atharvāṅgirovidam eva brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇīṣva sa hi brahmatvaṃ veda candramā vai brahmā āpo vai bhṛgvaṅgirasām āyatanaṃ candramā devatā vaidyutaś coṣṇikkākubhe chandasī oṃ ity atharvaṇāṃ śukraṃ janad ity aṅgirasāṃ tasmāt tam eva brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇīṣvety etasya lokasya jitaya etasya lokasya vijitaya etasya lokasya saṃjitaya etasya lokasyāvaruddhaya etasya lokasya vṛddhaya etasya lokasya samṛddhaya etasya lokasyodāttaya etasya lokasya vyāptaya etasya lokasya paryāptaya etasya lokasya samāptaye 'tha cen naivaṃvidaṃ brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇute dakṣiṇata evaiṣāṃ yajño ricyate dakṣiṇata evaiṣāṃ yajño ricyate // ### [1.2.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.24.p1) Gopathabrāhmaṇa, Pūrvabhāga, Tṛtīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.1.2.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.24) · Pramāṇa