[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) › 1.1.1 # Gopathabrahmana 1.1.1 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.1) oṃ brahma ha vā idam agra āsīt svayaṃbhv ekam eva tadaikṣata mahad vai yakṣam yad ekam evāsmi hantāhaṃ mad eva manmātraṃ dvitīyaṃ devaṃ nirmimā iti tad abhyaśrāmyad abhyatapat samatapat tasya śrāntasya taptasya saṃtaptasya lalāṭe sneho yad ārdram ājāyata tenānandat tad abravīt\_ mahad vai yakṣaṃ suvedam avidam aham iti tad yad abravīt\_ mahad vai yakṣaṃ suvedam avidam aham iti tasmāt suvedo 'bhavat taṃ vā etaṃ suvedaṃ santaṃ sveda ity ācakṣate parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ || 1 || - [Previous: 0.0.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.0.0.0) - [Next: 1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.2) - [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.1.1.1) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v2.c18.s9.t1.49) — Muir 1858, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.1) · Pramāṇa