[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) › 1.2.20 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.20 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.20) brāhmaṇo ha vā imam agniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ babhāra so 'yam agnir vaiśvānaro brāhmaṇena bhriyamāṇa imāṃl lokāñ janayate\_ athāyam īkṣate 'gnir jātavedā brāhmaṇadvitīyo ha vā ayam idam agnir vaiśvānaro jvalati hantāhaṃ yan mayi teja idriyaṃ vīryaṃ tad darśayāmy uta vai mā bibhṛyād iti sa ātmānam āpyāyyaitaṃ payo 'dhok tam imaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ darśayitvātmany ajuhot sa dvitīyam ātmānam āpyāyyaitaṃ ghṛtam adhok tam imaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ darśayitvātmany ajuhot sa tṛtīyam ātmānam āpyāyyaitad idaṃ viśvaṃ vikṛtam annādyam adhok tam imaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ darśayitvātmany ajuhot sa caturtham ātmānam āpyāyyaitena brāhmaṇasya jāyāṃ virājam apaśyat tām asmai prāyacchat sātmā apitvam abhavat tata imam agniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ parāsyur brāhmaṇo 'gniṃ jātavedasam adhatta so 'yam abravīd agne jātavedo 'bhinidhehi mehīti tasya dvaitaṃ nāmādhattāghoraṃ cākrūraṃ ca so 'śvo bhavat tasmād aśvo vahena rathaṃ na bhavati pṛsthena sādinam\_ sa devān āgacchat sa devebhyo 'nvātiṣṭhat tasmād devā abibhayus taṃ brahmaṇe prāyacchat tam etayarcāśamayat || 20 || - [Previous: 1.2.19\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.19_23) - [Next: 1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.21) - [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.1.2.20) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.5.20) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.20) · Pramāṇa