[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) › 1.3.1 # Gopathabrahmana 1.3.1 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.1) oṃ dakṣiṇāpravaṇā bhūmir dakṣiṇata āpo vahanti tasmād yajñās tadbhūmer unnatataram iva bhavati yatra bhṛgvaṅgiraso viṣṭhās tad yathāpa imāṃl lokān abhivahanty evam eva bhṛgvaṅgirasaḥ sarvān devān abhivahanti\_ evam evaiṣā vyāhṛtiḥ sarvān vedān abhivahaty om iti harcām om iti yajuṣām om iti sāmnām om iti sarvasyāhābhivādas taṃ ha smaitad uttaraṃ yajñe vidvāṃsaḥ kurvanti devā brahmāṇa āgacchatāgacchateti\_ ete vai devā brahmāṇo yad bhṛgvaṅgirasas tān evaitad gṛṇānās tān vṛṇānā hvayanto manyante nānyo 'bhṛgvaṅgirovido vṛto yajñam āgacchen yajñasya tejasā teja āpnoty ūrjayorjāṃ yaśasā yaśaḥ\_ nānyo 'bhṛgvaṅgirovido vṛto yajñam āgacchen ned yajñaṃ parimuṣṇīyād iti tad yathā pūrvaṃ vatso 'dhītya gāṃ dhayed evaṃ brahmā bhṛgvaṅgirovid vṛto yajñam āgacchen ned yajñaṃ parimuṣṇīyād iti tad yathā gaur vāśvo vāśvataro vaikapād dvipāt tripād iti syāt kim abhivahet kim abhyaśnuyād iti tasmād ṛgvidam eva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣva yajurvidam adhvaryuṃ sāmavidam udgātāram atharvāṅgirovidaṃ brahmāṇam\_ tathā hāsya yajñaś caturṣu lokeṣu caturṣu deveṣu vedeṣu catasṛṣu hotrāsu catuṣpād yajñaḥ pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda yaś caivam ṛtvijām ārtvijyaṃ veda yaś ca yajñe yajanīyaṃ vedeti brāhmaṇam || 1 || - [Previous: 1.2.24col](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.2.24col) - [Next: 1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.2) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3) ## Other recensions (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.1–1.3.6 (ed. Mitra and Vidyābhūṣaṇa 1872)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*mitra.1.3.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.6.1) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3922) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.3.1) · Pramāṇa