[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) › 2.1.18 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1.18 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.18) atha haitad apratiratham \\_ iti\_ etena ha vā indro 'surān pratyajayat\_ \[ed. 'surāna\] aprati ha bhavaty etena yajamāno bhrātṛvyaṃ jayati saṃgrāme juhuyād aprati ha bhavati\_ etena ha vai bharadvājaḥ pratardanaṃ samanahyat sa rāṣṭry abhavat\_ yaṃ kāmayeta rāṣṭrī syād iti tam etena saṃnahyet\_ rāṣṭrī ha bhavati\_ etena ha vā indro virājam abhyajayat\_ daśaivānvāha daśākṣarā virāḍ vairājaṃ vā etena yajamāno bhrātṛvyaṃ vṛṅkte tad u haika ekādaśānvāhuḥ\_ ekādaśākṣarā vai triṣṭup traiṣṭubho vajraḥ\_ vajreṇaivaitad rakṣāṃsy apasedhati dakṣiṇato vai devānāṃ yajñaṃ rakṣāṃsy ajighāṃsan\_ tāny apratirathenāpāghnata tasmād brahmāpratirathaṃ japann eti yad brahmāpratirathaṃ japann eti yajñasyābhijityai rakṣasām apahatyai rakṣasām apahatyai || 18 || - [Previous: 2.1.17\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17_5) - [Next: 2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.19) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.9.18) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.700) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.18) · Pramāṇa