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# Gopathabrahmana 1.2.17

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.17)

kim upajña ātreyo bhavatīti\_  
ādityaṃ hi tamo jagrāha  
tad atrir apanunoda  
tad atrir anvapaśyat  
tad apy etad ṛcoktaṃ \<srutād yam atrir divam unnināya \[ŚS 13.2.4c, PS 18.20.8c\]\>  
\<divi tvātrir adhārayat sūryā māsāya kartave \[ŚS 13.2.12ab, PS 18.21.6ab\]\>\_iti  
taṃ hovāca varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti  
sa hovāca dakṣiṇīyā me prajā syād iti  
tasmād ātreyāya prathamaṃ dakṣiṇā yajñe dīyanta iti brāhmaṇam || 17 ||

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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.1.2.17) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.4.17) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3749) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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