[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) › 2.1.24 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1.24 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.24) atha yad aparāhṇe pitṛyajñena caranty aparāhṇabhājo vai pitaras tasmād aparāhṇe pitṛyajñena caranti tad āhur yad aparapakṣabhājo vai pitaraḥ kasmād enān pūrvapakṣe yajantīti devā vā ete pitaras tasmād enān pūrvapakṣe yajantīti\_ atha yad ekāṃ sāmidhenīṃ trir anvāha sakṛd ha vai pitaras tasmād ekāṃ sāmidhenīṃ trir anvāha\_ atha yad yajamānasyārṣeyaṃ nāha ned yajamānaṃ pravṛṇajānīti\_ atha yat somaṃ pitṛmantaṃ pitṝn vā somavataḥ pitṝn barhiṣadaḥ pitṝn agniṣvāttān ity āvāhayati na haike svaṃ mahimānam āvāhayanti yajamānasyaiṣa mahimeti vadanta āvāhayed iti tv eva sthitam agner hy eṣa mahimā bhavati\_ oṃ svadhety āśrāvayati\_ astu svadheti pratyāśrāvayati svadhākāro hi pitṝṇām atha yat prayājānuyājebhyo barhiṣmantāv uddharati prajā vai barhir net prajāṃ pitṛṣu dadhānīti te vai ṣaṭ saṃpadyante ṣaḍ vā ṛtavaḥ\_ ṛtavaḥ pitaraḥ pitṝṇām āptyai || 24 || - [Previous: 2.1.23x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.23x) - [Next: 2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) ## Linked texts (3) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.8.26) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.rgvedabrahmana.5.6) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.9.24) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.936) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.24) · Pramāṇa