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# Gopathabrahmana 1.3.15

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.15)

priyamedhā ha vai bharadvājā yajñavido manyamānās  
te ha sma na kañ cana vedavidam upayanti  
te sarvam avidus  
te sahaivāvidus  
te 'gnihotra eva na samavadanta  
teṣām ekaḥ sakṛd agnihotram ajuhod dvir ekas trir ekas  
teṣāṃ yaḥ sakṛd agnihotram ajuhot tam itarāv apṛcchatāṃ kasmai tvaṃ juhoṣīti\_  
ekadhā vā idaṃ sarvaṃ prajāpatiḥ  
prajāpataya evāhaṃ sāyaṃ juhomīti prajāpataye prātar iti  
teṣāṃ yo dvir ajuhot tam itarāv apṛcchatāṃ kābhyāṃ tvaṃ juhoṣīti\_  
agnaye prajāpataya iti sāyaṃ sūryāya prajāpataya iti prātas  
teṣāṃ yas trir ajuhot tam itarāv apṛcchatāṃ kebhyas tvaṃ juhoṣīty agnaye prajāpataye 'numataya iti sāyaṃ sūryāya prajāpataye 'gnaye sviṣṭakṛta iti prātas  
teṣāṃ yo dvir ajuhot sa ārdhnot  
sa bhūyiṣṭho 'bhavat  
prajayā cetarau śriyā cetarāv atyākrāmat  
tasya ha prajām itarayoḥ praje sajātatvam upaitām\_  
tasmād dvir hotavyaṃ yajuṣā caiva manasā ca  
yām eva sa ṛddhim ārdhnot tām ṛdhnoti ya evaṃ veda yaś caivaṃvidvān agnihotraṃ juhotīti brāhmaṇam || 15 ||

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.6.15) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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