[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) › 1.2.11 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.11 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.11) bhūmer ha vā etad vicchinnaṃ devayajanaṃ yad aprākpravaṇaṃ yad anudakpravaṇaṃ yatkṛtrimaṃ yat samaviṣamam idaṃ ha tv eva devayajanaṃ yat samaṃ samūlam avidagdhaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ prāgudakpravaṇaṃ samaṃ samāstīrṇam iva bhavati yatra brāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇatāṃ vidyād brahmā brahmatvaṃ karotīti voce chandas tan na vindāmo yenottaram emahīti tān ha papraccha kiṃ vidvān hotā hautraṃ karoti kiṃ vidvān adhvaryur ādhvaryavaṃ karoti kiṃ vidvān udgātaudgātraṃ karoti kiṃ vidvān brahmā brahmatvaṃ karotīti voce chandas tan na vindāmo yenottaram emahīti te brūmo vāg eva hotā hautraṃ karoti vāco hi stomāś ca vaṣaṭkārāś cābhisampadyante te brūmo vāg eva hotā vāg brahma vāg deva iti prāṇāpānābhyām evādhvaryur ādhvaryavaṃ karoti prāṇapraṇītāni ha bhūtāni prāṇapraṇītāḥ praṇītās te brūmaḥ prāṇāpānāv evādhvaryuḥ prāṇāpānau brahma prāṇāpānau deva iti cakṣuṣaivodgātaudgātraṃ karoti cakṣuṣā hīmāni bhūtāni paśyanti\_ atho cakṣur evodgātā cakṣur brahma cakṣur deva iti manasaiva brahmā brahmatvaṃ karoti manasā hi tiryak ca diśa ūrdhvaṃ yac ca kiṃ ca manasaiva karoti tad brahma te brūmo mana eva brahmā mano brahma mano deva iti || 11 || - [Previous: 1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.10) - [Next: 1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.12) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.2.11) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.4.10) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.11) · Pramāṇa