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# Gopathabrahmana 1.2.13

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.13)

nānāpravacanāni ha vā etāni bhūtāni bhavanti  
ye caivāsomapaṃ yājayanti ye ca surāpaṃ ye ca brāhmaṇaṃ vicchinnaṃ somayājinaṃ taṃ prātaḥ samitpāṇaya upodeyur upāyāmo bhavantam iti  
kimartham iti  
yān eva no bhavāṃs tān hyaḥ praśnān apṛcchat tān eva no bhavān vyācakṣīteti  
tatheti  
tebhya etān praśnān vyācacaṣṭe  
tad yena ha vā idaṃ vidyamānaṃ cāvidyamānaṃ cābhinidadhāti tad brahma  
tad yo veda sa brāhmaṇo 'dhīyāno 'dhītyācakṣata iti brāhmaṇam || 13 ||

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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.1.2.13) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.4.12) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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