[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) › 1.2.18 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.18 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.18) prajāpatir vedān uvācāgnīn ādadhīyeti tān vāg abhyuvācāśvo vai sambhārāṇām iti taṃ ghorāt krūrāt salilāt sarasa udāninyus tān vāg abhyuvācāśvaḥ śamyeteti tatheti tam ṛgveda etyovācāham aśvaṃ śameyam iti tasmā abhisṛptāya mahad bhayaṃ sasṛje sa etāṃ prācīṃ diśaṃ bheje sa hovācāśānto nv ayam aśva iti taṃ yajurveda etyovācāham aśvaṃ śameyam iti tasmā abhisṛptāya mahad bhayaṃ sasṛje sa etāṃ pratīcīṃ diśaṃ bheje sa hovācāśānto nv ayam aśva iti taṃ sāmaveda etyovācāham aśvaṃ śameyam iti kena nu tvaṃ śamayiṣyasīti rathantaraṃ nāma me sāmāghoraṃ cākrūraṃ ca tenāśva abhiṣṭūyeteti tasmā apy abhisṛptāya tad eva mahad bhayaṃ sasṛje sa etām udīcīṃ diśaṃ bheje sa hovācāśānto nv ayam aśva iti tān vāg abhyuvāca śaṃyumātharvaṇaṃ gacchateti te śaṃyumātharvaṇam āsīnaṃ prāpyocur namas te astu bhagavann aśvaḥ śamyeteti tatheti - [Previous: 1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.17) - [Next: 1.2.18x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.18x) - [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.1.2.18) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5983) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.18) · Pramāṇa