[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) › [Gopathabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) › 1.1.16 # Gopathabrahmana 1.1.16 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.16) brahma ha vai brahmāṇaṃ puṣkare sasṛje sa khalu brahmā sṛṣṭaś cintām āpede kenāham ekenākṣareṇa sarvāṃś ca kāmānt sarvāṃś ca lokānt sarvāṃś ca devānt sarvāṃś ca vedānt sarvāṃś ca yajñānt sarvāṃś ca śabdānt sarvāś ca vyuṣṭīḥ sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni sthāvarajaṅgamāny anubhaveyam iti sa brahmacaryam acarat sa om ity etad akṣaram apaśyad dvivarṇaṃ caturmātraṃ sarvavyāpi sarvavibhvayātayāmabrahma brāhmīṃ vyāhṛtiṃ brahmadaivatām\_ tayā sarvāṃś ca kāmānt sarvāṃś ca lokānt sarvāṃś ca devānt sarvāṃś ca vedānt sarvāṃś ca yajñānt sarvāṃś ca śabdānt sarvāś ca vyuṣṭīḥ sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni sthāvarajaṅgamāny anvabhavat tasya prathamena varṇenāpaḥ snehaṃ cānvabhavat tasya dvitīyena varṇena tejo jyotīṃṣy anvabhavat || 16 || - [Previous: 1.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.15) - [Next: 1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.17) - [Up: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.1.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.2.16) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965.c8.s1.30) — Agrawala 1965, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.16) · Pramāṇa