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# Gopathabrahmana 1.5.24

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 1.5.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.1.5.24)

śraddhāyāṃ retas tapasā tapasvī vaiśvānaraḥ siṣice 'patyam īpsan | tato jajñe lokajit somajambhā ṛṣer ṛṣir aṅgirāḥ saṃnabhūva ||  
ṛṣer yajñasya caturvidhasya śraddhāṃ yaḥ śreyasīṃ lokam amuṃ jigāya | yasmai vedāḥ prasṛtāḥ somabindu yuktā vahanti sukṛtām u lokam ||  
ṛco 'sya bhāgāṃś caturo vahanty ukthaśastraiḥ pramudo modamānāḥ | grahair havirbhiś ca kṛtākṛtaś ca yajūṃṣi bhāgāṃś caturo vahanti ||  
audumbaryāṃ sāmaghoṣeṇa tāvat saviṣṭutibhiś ca stomaiḥ chandasā | sāmāni bhāgāṃś caturo vahanti gītyā stomena saha prastāvena ca ||  
prāyaścittair bheṣajaiḥ saṃstuvanto 'tharvāṇo 'ṅgirasaś ca śāntāḥ | brahmā brahmatvena pramudo modamānā asaṃsṛṣṭān bhāgāṃś caturo vahanti ||  
yo brahmavit so 'bhikaro 'stu vaḥ śivo dhiyā dhīro rakṣatu dharmam etam | mā vaḥ pramattām amṛtāc ca yajñāt karmāc ca yenān aṅgiraso 'piyāsīt ||  
māyuṃ daśaṃ māruśastāḥ prameṣṭā mā me bhūr yuktā vidahātha lokān | divyaṃ bhayaṃ rakṣata dharmam udyataṃ yajñaṃ kālāśa stutigopanāyanam ||  
hotā ca maitrāvaruṇaś ca pādam acchāvākaḥ saha grāvastutaikam | ṛgbhi stuvanto 'harahaḥ pṛthivyā agniṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇā dhārayanti ||  
adhvaryuḥ pratiprasthātā neṣṭonnetā nihitaṃ pādam ekam | sam antarikṣaṃ yajuṣā stuvanto vāyuṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇā dhārayanti ||  
sāmnodgātā chādayann apramatta audumbaryāṃ stobhadeyaḥ sagadgadaḥ | vidvān prastotā vidahātha suṣṭutiṃ subrahmaṇyaḥ pratihartātha yajñe ||  
sāmnā divy ekaṃ nihitaṃ stuvantaḥ sūryaṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇā dhārayanti | brahmā haikaṃ brāhmaṇācchaṃsinaḥ saha potāgnīdhro nihitaṃ pādam ekam ||  
atharvabhir aṅgirobhiś ca gupto 'psu candraṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇā dhārayanti | ṣoḍaśikaṃ hotrakā abhiṣṭuvanti vedeṣu yuktāḥ prapṛthak caturdhā ||  
manīṣiṇo dīkṣitāḥ śraddadhānā hotāro guptā abhivahanti yajñam | dakṣiṇato brahmaṇasyoṃ janad ity etāṃ vyāhṛtiṃ japan ||  
saptadaśaṃ sadasyaṃ taṃ kīrtayanti purā viduḥ | aṣṭādaśī dīkṣitā dīkṣitānāṃ yajñe patnī śraddadhāneha yuktā ||  
ekonaviṃśaḥ śamitā babhūva viṃśo yajñe gṛhapatir eva sunvan | ekaviṃśatir evaiṣāṃ saṃsthāyām aṅgiro vaha ||  
vedair abhiṣṭuto loko nānāveśāparājitaḥ | || 24 ||

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.8.24) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.520) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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