[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) › 1.2.21 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.21 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.21) \\_iti tam etābhiḥ pañcabhir ṛgbhir upākurute \\_iti \[ed. pratamaṃ, corrected p. 302\] so 'śāmyat tasmād aśvaḥ paśūnāṃ jighatsutamo bhavati vaiśvānaro hy eṣa tasmād agnipadam aśvaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattam\_ tasya rasam apīḍayat sa raso 'bhavat\_ raso ha vā eṣa taṃ vā etaṃ rasaṃ santaṃ ratha ity ācakṣate parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ sa devān āgacchat sa devebhyo 'nvātiṣṭhat tasmād devā abibhayus taṃ brahmaṇe prāyacchat tam etayarcājyāhutyābhyajuhot\_ \ iti ratham abhihutya tam etayarcātiṣṭhad \ iti tasmād āgnyādheyikaṃ rathaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattam\_ tasya takṣāṇas tanūṃ jyeṣṭhāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ niramimata tāṃ pañcasv apaśyad ṛci yajuṣi sāmni śānte 'tha ghore tāsāṃ dve brahmaṇe prāyacchad vācaṃ ca jyotiś ca - [Previous: 1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.20) - [Next: 1.2.21x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.21x) - [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.1.2.21) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana-school.vaitana.109) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.301) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5683) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.21) · Pramāṇa