[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) › 1.1.39 # Gopathabrahmana 1.1.39 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.39) \<āpo garbhaṃ janayantīr \[PS 4.1.8\]\> iti\_ apāṃ garbhaḥ puruṣaḥ sa yajñaḥ\_ adbhir yajñaḥ praṇīyamānaḥ prāṅ tāyate tasmād ācamanīyaṃ pūrvam āhārayati sa yad ācāmati trir ācāmati dviḥ pariśumbhati\_ āyur avaruhya pāpmānaṃ nirṇudati\_ upasādya yajuṣoddhṛtya mantrān prayujyāvasāya prācīḥ śākhāḥ saṃdhāya niraṅguṣṭhe pāṇāv amṛtam asy amṛtopastaraṇam asy amṛtāya tvopastṛṇāmīti pāṇāv udakam ānīya \\_iti sūktena trir ācāmati sa yat pūrvam ācāmati sapta prāṇāṃs tān etenāsminn āpyāyayati yā hy emā bāhyāḥ śarīrān mātrās tad yathaitad agniṃ vāyum ādityaṃ candramasam apaḥ paśūn anyāṃś ca prajās tān etenāsminn āpyāyayati\_ āpo 'mṛtam\_ sa yad dvitīyam ācāmati saptāpānāṃs tān etenāsminn āpyāyayati yā hy emā bāhyāḥ śarīrān mātrās tad yathaitat paurṇamāsīm aṣṭakām amāvāsyāṃ śraddhāṃ dīkṣāṃ yajñaṃ dakṣiṇās tān etenāsminn āpyāyayati\_ āpo 'mṛtam\_ sa yat tṛtīyam ācāmati sapta vyānāṃs tān etenāsminn āpyāyayati yā hy emā bāhyāḥ śarīrān mātrās tad yathaitat pṛthivīm antarikṣaṃ divam\_ nakṣatrāṇy ṛtūn ārtavān saṃvatsarāṃs tān etenāsminn āpyāyayati\_ āpo 'mṛtam\_ puruṣo brahma\_ athāpriyanigamo bhavati tasmād vai vidvān puruṣam idaṃ puṇḍarīkam iti \[ed. athāprīṃgnigamo, but see Patyal p. 44\] prāṇa eṣa sa puri śete saṃpuri śeta iti puriśayaṃ santaṃ prāṇaṃ puruṣa ity ācakṣate parokṣeṇa - [Previous: 1.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.38) - [Next: 1.1.39x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.39x) - [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.1.1.39) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kubjikopāsanāmṛtapūrṇopaniṣat](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.noncanon.kubjika.7.16) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.694) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9.s1.37) — Bloomfield 1908, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.1.39) · Pramāṇa