[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) › 1.2.19 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.19 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.19) devāś ca ha vā asurāś cāspardhanta te devā indram abruvann imaṃ nas tāvad yajñaṃ gopāya yāvad asuraiḥ saṃyatāmahā iti sa vai nas tena rūpeṇa gopāya yena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi yena śakṣyasi goptum iti sa ṛgvedo bhūtvā purastāt parītyopātiṣṭhat taṃ devā abruvann anyat tad rūpaṃ kuruṣva naitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi naitena śakṣyasi goptum iti sa yajurvedo bhūtvā paścāt parītyopātiṣṭhat taṃ devā abruvann anyat tad rūpaṃ kuruṣva naitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi naitena śakṣyasi goptum iti sa samāvedo bhūtvottarataḥ parītyopātiṣṭhat taṃ devā abruvann anyad eva tad rūpaṃ kuruṣva naitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi naitena śakṣyasi goptum iti sa indra uṣṇīṣī brahmavedo bhūtvā dakṣiṇataḥ parītyopātiṣṭhat taṃ devā abruvann etat tad rūpaṃ kuruṣvaitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasy etena śakṣyasi goptum iti tad yad indra uṣṇīṣī brahmavedo bhūtvā dakṣiṇataḥ parītyopātiṣṭhat tad brahmābhavat tad brahmaṇo brahmatvam\_ tad vā etad atharvaṇo rūpaṃ yad uṣṇīṣī brahmā taṃ dakṣiṇato viśve devā upāsīdan\_ taṃ yad dakṣiṇato viśve devā upāsīdaṃs tat sadasyo 'bhavat tat sadasyasya sadasyatvam\_ baler ha vā etad balam upajāyate yat sadasye\_ āmayato vai vrajasya bahulataraṃ vrajaṃ vidanti ghorā vā eṣā dig dakṣiṇā śāntā itarās tad yāni stutāni brahmānumantrayate manasaiva tāni sadasyo janad ity etāṃ vyāhṛtiṃ japati\_ ātmānaṃ janayati najityātmānam apitve dadhāti taṃ devā abruvan varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti - [Previous: 1.2.18\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.18_15) - [Next: 1.2.19x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.19x) - [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.1.2.19) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3109) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.19) · Pramāṇa