[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) › 2.1.20 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1.20 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.20) atha yad agnīṣomau prathamaṃ devatānāṃ yajaty agnīṣomau vai devānāṃ mukham\_ mukhata eva tad devān prīṇāti\_ atha yat savitāraṃ yajaty asau vai savitā yo 'sau tapati\_ etam eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yat sarasvatīṃ yajati vāg vai sarasvatī vācam etena prīṇāti\_ atha yan pūṣaṇaṃ yajaty asau vai pūṣā yo 'sau tapati\_ etam eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yan marutaḥ svatavaso yajati ghorā vai marutaḥ svatavasas tān eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yad viśvān devān yajaty ete vai viśve devā yat sarve devās tān eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yad dyāvāpṛthivyau yajati pratiṣṭhe vai dyāvāpṛthivyau pratiṣṭhityā eva\_ atha yad vājino yajati paśavo vai vājinaḥ paśūn eva tena prīṇāti\_ atho ṛtavo vai vājinaḥ\_ ṛtūn eva tena prīṇāti\_ atho chandāṃsi vai vājinaḥ\_ chandāṃsy eva tena prīṇāti\_ atho devāśvā vai vājinaḥ\_ atra devāḥ sāśvā abhīṣṭāḥ prītā bhavanti\_ atha yat parastāt paurṇamāsena yajate tathā hāsya pūrvapakṣe vaiśvadeveneṣṭaṃ bhavati || 20 || - [Previous: 2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.19) - [Next: 2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.21) - [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.9.20) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.20) · Pramāṇa