[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) › 2.1.3 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1.3 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3) atho āhur brāhmaṇasyodara iti\_ ātmāsyātmann ātmānaṃ me mā hiṃsīḥ svāheti\_ annaṃ vai sarveṣāṃ bhūtānām ātmā tenaivainac chamayāṃ cakāra prāśitam anumantrayate \\_ iti tat sarveṇa brahmaṇā prāśnāt tata enaṃ nāhinat tasmād yo brahmiṣṭhaḥ syāt taṃ brahmāṇaṃ kurvīta bṛhaspatir vai sarvaṃ brahma sarveṇa ha vā etad brahmaṇā yajñaṃ dakṣiṇata udyacchate apa vā etasmāt prāṇāḥ krāmanti ya āviddhaṃ prāśnāti\_ adbhir mārjayitvā prāṇānt saṃspṛśate vāṅ ma āsyann iti\_ amṛtaṃ vai prāṇāḥ\_ amṛtam āpaḥ prāṇān eva yathāsthānam upāhvayate tad u haika āhur indrāya paryaharann iti te devā abruvann indro vai devānām ojiṣṭho baliṣṭhas tasmā enat pariharateti tat tasmai paryaharan\_ tat sa brahmaṇā śayamāṃ cakāra tasmād āhur indro brahmeti yavamātraṃ bhavati yavamātraṃ vai viṣasya na hinasti yad adhastād abhidhārayati tasmād adhastāt prakṣaraṇaṃ prajā arur na hinasti - [Previous: 2.1.2\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_26) - [Next: 2.1.3x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3x) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) ## Linked texts (3) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.2.6.8.7) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.979) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s4.28) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3) · Pramāṇa