[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) › 1.2.8 # Gopathabrahmana 1.2.8 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.8) prāṇāpānau janayann iti śaṅkhasya mukhe maharṣer vasiṣṭhasya putra etāṃ vācaṃ sasṛje śītoṣṇāv ihotsau prādur bhaveyātām iti tathā tac chaśvad anuvartate\_ atha khalu vipāṇ madhye vasiṣṭhaśilā nāma prathama āśramaḥ\_ dvitīyaḥ kṛṣṇaśilās tasmin vasiṣṭhaḥ samatapat\_ viśvāmitrajamadagnī jāmadagne tapataḥ\_ gautamabharadvājau siṃhau prabhave tapataḥ\_ guṃgur guṃguvāse tapati\_ ṛṣir ṛṣidroṇe 'bhyatapat\_ agastyo 'gastyatīrthe tapati divy atrir ha tapati svayambhūḥ kaśyapaḥ kaśyapatuṅge 'bhyatapat\_ ulavṛkarkṣutarakṣuḥ śvā varāhacilvaṭibabrukāḥ sarpadaṃṣṭranaḥ saṃhanukṛṇvānāḥ kaśyapatuṅgadarśanāt saraṇavāṭāt siddhir bhavati brāhmyaṃ varṣasahasram ṛṣivane brahmacāryekapādenātiṣṭhati dvitīyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ mūrdhany evāmṛtasya dhārām ādhārayat\_ brāhmāṇyaṣṭācatvāriṃśad varṣasahasrāṇi salilasya pṛṣṭhe śivo 'bhyatapat tasmāt taptāt tapaso bhūya evābhyatapat tad apy etā ṛco 'bhivadanti prāṇāpānau janayann iti brāhmaṇam || 8 || - [Previous: 1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.7) - [Next: 1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.9) - [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.1.2.8) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.671) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c12.s2.13) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.7-2) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.8) · Pramāṇa