[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) › 1.1.23 # Gopathabrahmana 1.1.23 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.23) vasor dhārāṇām aindraṃ nagaram\_ tad asurāḥ paryavārayanta te devā bhītā āsan ka imān asurān apahaniṣyatīti \[ed. īmān\] ta oṃkāraṃ brahmaṇaḥ putraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ dadṛśrus te tam abruvan bhavatā mukhenemān asurāñ jayemeti sa hovāca kiṃ me pratīvāho bhaviṣyatīti varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti vṛṇā iti sa varam avṛṇīta na mām anīrayitvā brāhmaṇā brahma vadeyuḥ\_ yadi vadeyur abrahma tat syād iti tatheti te devā devayajanasyottarārdhe 'suraiḥ saṃyattā āsan\_ tān oṃkāreṇāgnīdhrīyād devā asurān parābhāvayanta tad yat parābhāvayanta tasmād oṃkāraḥ pūrvam ucyate yo ha vā etam oṃkāraṃ na vedāvaśī syād ity atha ya evaṃ veda brahmavaśī syād iti tasmād oṃkāra ṛcy ṛg bhavati yajuṣi yajuḥ sāmni sāma sūtre sūtram\_ - [Previous: 1.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.22) - [Next: 1.1.23x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.23x) - [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.1.1.23) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Praṇavopaniṣat](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.noncanon.pranava-2.p3) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.2.23) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Studies in Indian Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.agrawala-1965-studies.c11.s5.21) — Agrawala 1965, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.23) · Pramāṇa