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# Gopathabrahmana 1.2.9

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.9)

ekapād dvipada iti  
vāyur ekapāt  
tasyākāśaṃ pādaḥ\_  
candramā dvipāt  
tasya pūrvapakṣāparapakṣau pādau\_  
ādityas tripāt  
tasyeme lokāḥ pādāḥ\_  
agniḥ ṣaṭpādas  
tasya pṛthivy antarikṣaṃ dyaur āpa oṣadhivanaspataya imāni bhūtāni pādās  
teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ vedā gatir ātmā pratiṣṭhitāś catasro brahmaṇaḥ śākhāḥ\_  
atho āhuḥ ṣaḍ iti mūrtir ākāśaś ceti\_ \[ed. ahuḥ\]  
ṛcā mūrtiḥ\_  
yājuṣī gatiḥ  
sāmamayaṃ tejaḥ\_  
bhṛgvaṅgirasā māyā\_  
etad brahmaiva yajñaś catuṣpād dviḥ saṃsthita iti  
tasya bhṛgvaṅgirasaḥ saṃsthe  
atho āhur ekasaṃsthita iti  
yad dhotarcāṃ maṇḍalaiḥ karoti pṛthivīṃ tenāpyāyayati\_  
etasyāṃ hy agniś carati  
tad apy etad ṛcoktam \<agnivāsāḥ pṛthivy asitajñūḥ \[ŚS 12.1.21, PS 17.3.2\]\>\_iti  
yad adhvaryur yajuṣā karoty antarikṣaṃ tenāpyāyayati  
tasmin vāyur na niviśate katamac ca nāhar iti

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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.1.2.9) — Sanskrit

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