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# Gopathabrahmana 1.4.23

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.4.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.4.23)

ādityāś ca ha vā aṅgirasaś ca svarge loke 'spardhanta vayaṃ pūrve svar eṣyāmo vayaṃ pūrva iti  
ta ādityā laghubhiḥ sāmabhiś caturbhi stomair dvābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhyābhyāṃ svargaṃ lokam abhyaplavanta  
yad abhyaplavanta tasmād abhiplavaḥ\_  
anvañca evāṅgiraso gurubhiḥ sāmabhiḥ sarvai stomaiḥ sarvaiḥ pṛṣṭhyaiḥ svargaṃ lokam abhyaspṛśanta  
yad abhyaspṛśanta tasmāt spṛśyas  
taṃ vā etaṃ spṛśyaṃ santaṃ pṛṣṭhya ity ācakṣate parokṣeṇa  
parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ\_  
abhiplavāt pṛṣṭhyo nirmitaḥ  
pṛṣṭhyād abhijit\_  
abhijitaḥ svarasāmānaḥ  
svarasāmabhyo viṣuvān  
viṣuvataḥ svarasāmānaḥ  
svarasāmabhyo viśvajit\_  
viśvajitaḥ pṛṣṭhyābhiplavau  
pṛṣṭhyābhiplavābhyāṃ gavāyuṣī  
gavāyurbhyāṃ daśarātras \[ed. daśaratras\]  
tāni ha vā etāni yajñāraṇyāni yajñakṛntatrāṇi  
teṣāṃ śataṃśataṃ rathānānyantaraṃ tad yathāraṇyāny ārūḍhā aśanāpipāse te pāpmānaṃ tṛṃhatī pariplavete  
evaṃ haivaite praplavante ye 'vidvāṃsa upayantyi\_  
atha ye vidvāṃsa upayanti tad yathā pravāhāt pravāhaṃ sthalāt sthalaṃ samāt samaṃ sukhāt sukham abhayād abhayam upasaṃkrāmantīty evaṃ haivaite saṃvatsarasyodṛcaṃ samaśnavāmahā iti brāhmaṇam || 23 ||

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.7.23) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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