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# Gopathabrahmana 1.1.27

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.27)

katimātra iti\_  
ādes tisro mātrāḥ\_  
abhyādāne hi plavate  
makāraś caturthīm\_  
kiṃ sthānam iti\_  
ubhāv oṣṭhau sthānam\_  
nādānupradānakaraṇau ca dvisthānam\_ \[ed. nādāna-, cf. Patyal p. 28\]  
saṃdhyakṣaram avarṇaleśaḥ kaṇṭhyo yathoktaśeṣaḥ  
pūrvo vivṛtakaraṇasthitaś ca  
dvitīyaspṛṣṭakaraṇasthitaś ca  
na saṃyogo vidyate\_  
ākhyātopasargānudāttasvaritaliṅgavibhaktivacanāni ca saṃsthānādhyāyina ācāryāḥ pūrve babhūvuḥ  
śravaṇād eva pratipadyante na kāraṇaṃ pṛcchanti\_  
athāparapakṣīyāṇāṃ kaviḥ pañcālacaṇḍaḥ paripṛcchako babhūvāṃbu pṛthagudgīthadoṣān bhavanto bruvantv iti  
tad vācy upalakṣayed varṇākṣarapadāṅkaśaḥ\_  
vibhaktyām ṛṣiniṣevitām iti vācaṃ stuvanti  
tasmāt kāraṇaṃ brūmaḥ\_  
varṇānām ayam idaṃ bhaviṣyatīti  
ṣaḍaṅgavidas tat tathādhīmahe  
kiṃ chanda iti  
gāyatraṃ hi chandaḥ\_  
gāyatrī vai devānām ekākṣarā śvetavarṇā ca vyākhyātā  
dvau dvādaśakau vargau\_

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## Other recensions (1)

- [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.1.27) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Praṇavopaniṣat](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.noncanon.pranava-2.p8) — Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.2.27) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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