[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) › 1.1.25 # Gopathabrahmana 1.1.25 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.25) indraḥ prajāpatim apṛcchat\_ bhagavann abhiṣṭūya pṛcchāmīti pṛccha vatsety abravīt kim ayam oṃkāraḥ kasyaḥ putraḥ kiṃ caitac chandaḥ kiṃ caitad varṇaḥ kiṃ caitad brahmā brahma sampadyate tasmād vai tad bhadram oṃkāraṃ pūrvam ālebhe svaritodātta ekākṣara oṃkāra ṛgvede traisvaryodāta ekākṣara oṃkāro yajurvede dīrghaplutodātta ekākṣara oṃkāraḥ sāmavede hrasvodātta ekākṣara oṃkāro 'tharvavede\_ udāttodāta dvipada a u ity ardhacatasro mātrā makāre vyañjanam ity āhuḥ\_ yā sā prathamā mātrā brahmadevatyā raktā varṇena yas tāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacched brāhmaṃ padam\_ yā sā dvitīyā mātrā viṣṇudevatyā kṛṣṇā varṇena yas tāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacched vaiṣṇavaṃ padam\_ yā sā tṛtīyā mātraiśānadevatyā kapilā varṇena yas tāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacched aiśānaṃ padam\_ yā sārdhacaturthī mātrā sarvadevatyā vyaktībhūtā khaṃ vicarati śuddhasphaṭikasannibhā varṇena yas tāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacchet padam anāmakam oṃkārasya cotpattiḥ\_ - [Previous: 1.1.24\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.24_9) - [Next: 1.1.25x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.25x) - [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.1.1.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.25) · Pramāṇa