[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) › 1.2.16 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.16 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.16) prajāpatir atharvā devaḥ sa tapas taptvaitaṃ cātuḥprāśyaṃ brahmaudanaṃ niramimīta caturlokaṃ caturdevaṃ caturvedaṃ caturhautram iti catvāro vā ime lokāḥ pṛthivy antarikṣaṃ dyaur āpa iti catvāro vā ime devā agnir vāyur ādityaś candramāḥ\_ catvāro vā ime vedā ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo brahmaveda iti catasro vā imā hotrā hautram ādhvaryavam audgātraṃ brahmatvam iti tad apy etad ṛcoktaṃ \\_iti catvāri śṛṅgeti vedā vā eta uktās trayo asya pādā iti savanāny eva dve śīrṣe iti brahmaudanapravargyāv eva sapta hastāso asyeti chandāṃsy eva tridhā baddha iti mantraḥ kalpo brāhmaṇam\_ vṛṣabho roravīty eṣa ha vai vṛṣabha eṣa tad roravīti yad yajñeṣu śastrāṇi śaṃsaty ṛgbhir yajurbhiḥ sāmabhir brahmabhir iti maho devo martyāṃ āviveśety eṣa ha vai mahān devo yad yajñaḥ\_ eṣa martyāṃ āviveśa yo vidyāt sapta pravata iti prāṇān āha sapta vidyāt parāvata ity apānān āha śiro yajñasya yo vidyād ity etad vai yajñasya śiro yan mantravān brahmaudanaḥ\_ yo ha vā etam amantravantaṃ brahmaudanam upeyād apaśirasā ha vā asya yajñam upeto bhavati tasmān mantravantam eva brahmaudanam upeyān nāmantravantam iti brāhmaṇam || 16 || \[ed. brāhmanam\] - [Previous: 1.2.15\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.15_8) - [Next: 1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.17) - [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.1.2.16) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.4.16) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3621) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.16) · Pramāṇa