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# Gopathabrahmana 1.2.24

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.24)

atha ha prajāpatiḥ somena yakṣyamāṇo vedān uvāca kaṃ vo hotāraṃ vṛṇīya kam adhvaryuṃ kam udgātāraṃ kaṃ brāhmaṇam iti  
ta ūcur ṛgvidam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣ.va yajurvidam adhvaryuṃ sāmavidam udgātāram atharvāṅgirovidaṃ brāhmaṇam\_  
tathā hāsya yajñaś caturṣu lokeṣu caturṣu deveṣu caturṣu vedeṣu catasṛṣu hotrāsu catuṣpād yajñaḥ pratitiṣṭhati  
pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda  
tasmād ṛgvidam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣva sa hi hautraṃ veda\_  
agnir vai hotā  
pṛthivī vā ṛcām āyatanam  
agnir devatā gāyatraṃ chando bhūr iti śukram\_  
tasmāt tam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣvety etasya lokasya jitaye\_  
etasya lokasya vijitaye\_  
etasya lokasya saṃjitaye\_  
etasya lokasyāvaruddhaye\_  
etasya lokasya vivṛddhaye\_  
etasya lokasya samṛddhaye\_  
etasya lokasyodāttaye\_  
etasya lokasya vyāptaye\_  
etasya lokasya paryāptaye\_  
etasya lokasya samāptaye\_  
atha cen naivaṃvidaṃ hotāraṃ vṛṇute purastād evaiṣāṃ yajño ricyate  
yajurvidam evādhvaryuṃ vṛṇīṣva sa hy ādhvaryavaṃ veda  
vāyur vā adhvaryuḥ\_  
antarikṣaṃ vai yajuṣām āyatanam\_  
vāyur devatā traiṣṭubhaṃ chando bhuva iti śukram\_

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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.1.2.24) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.943) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c5.s1.t2.6) — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English

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