[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) › 1.4.15 # Gopathabrahmana 1.4.15 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.4.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.15) atha yac caturviṃśam ahar upetyānupetya viṣuvantaṃ mahāvratam upeyāt katham anāgūrtyai bhavatīti yam evāmuṃ purastād viṣuvato 'tirātram upayanti teneti brūyāt\_ abhiplavāt pṛṣṭhyo nirmitaḥ pṛṣṭhyād abhijit\_ abhijitaḥ svarasāmānaḥ svarasāmabhyo viṣuvān \[ed. viṣavān\] viṣuvataḥ svarasamānaḥ svarasāmabhyo viśvajit\_ viśvajitaḥ pṛṣṭhyābhiplavau pṛṣṭhyābhiplavābhyāṃ gavāyuṣī gavāyurbhyāṃ daśarātraḥ\_ atha ha devebhyo mahāvrataṃ na tasthe katham ūrdhvai stomair viṣuvantam upāgātāvṛttair mām iti te devā ihasāmivāsur upa taṃ yajñakratuṃ jānīmo ca ūrdhvastomo yenaitad ahar avāpnuyāmeti tata etaṃ dvādaśarātram ūrdhvastomaṃ dadṛśus tam āharan\_ tenāyajanta tata ebhyo 'tiṣṭhan\_ tiṣṭhati hāsmai mahāvratam\_ pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda || 15 || - [Previous: 1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.14) - [Next: 1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.16) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.7.15) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.15) · Pramāṇa