[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) › 2.1.21 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1.21 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.21) vaiśvadevena vai prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata tāḥ sṛṣṭā aprasūtā varuṇasya yavāñ jakṣus tā varuṇo varuṇapāśaiḥ pratyabandhāt tāḥ prajāḥ prajāpatiṃ pitaram etyopāvadann upa taṃ yajñakratuṃ jānīhi yeneṣṭvā varuṇam aprīṇāt sa prīto varuṇaḥ\_ varuṇapāśebhyaḥ sarvasmāc ca pāpmanaḥ saṃpramucyanta iti tata etaṃ prajāpatir yajñakratum apaśyad varuṇapraghāsān\_ tam āharat tenāyajata teneṣṭvā varuṇam aprīṇāt sa prīto varuṇo varuṇapāśebhyaḥ sarvasmāc ca pāpmanaḥ prajāḥ prāmuñcat pra ha vā etasya prajā varuṇapāśebhyaḥ sarvasmāc ca pāpmano mucyante ya evaṃ veda\_ atha yad agniṃ praṇayanti yam evāmuṃ vaiśvadeve manthanti tam eva tat praṇayanti yan mathyate tasyoktaṃ brāhmaṇam atha yat saptadaśa sāmidhenyaḥ sadvantāv ājyabhāgau virājau saṃyājye teṣām uktaṃ brāhmaṇam atha yan nava prayājā navānuyājā navaitāni havīṃṣi samānāni tv eva pañca saṃcarāṇi havīṃṣi bhavanti pauṣṇāntāni teṣām uktaṃ brāhmaṇam || 21 || - [Previous: 2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.20) - [Next: 2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.22) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.3.6) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.9.21) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.21) · Pramāṇa