[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) › 2.1.7 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1.7 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7) devāś ca ha vā asurāś cāspardhanta te devāḥ prajāpatim evābhyayajanta\_ anyo 'nyasyāsann asurā ajuhavus te devā etam odanam apaśyan\_ taṃ prajāpataye bhāgam anuniravapan\_ taṃ bhāgaṃ paśyan prajāpatir devān upāvartata tato devā abhavan parāsurāḥ sa ya evaṃvidvān etam odanaṃ pacati bhavaty ātmanā parāsyāpriyo bhrātṛvyo bhavati prajāpatir vai devebhyo bhāgadheyāni vyakalpayat so 'manyatātmānam antaragām iti sa etam odanam abhaktam apaśyat tam ātmane bhāgaṃ niravapat prajāpater vā eṣa bhāgaḥ\_ aparimitaḥ syāt\_ aparimito hi prajāpatiḥ prajāpater bhāgo 'sy ūrjasvān payasvān akṣito 'si\_ akṣityai tvā mā me kṣeṣṭhā amutrāmuṣmiṃl loka iha ca prāṇāpanau me pāhi samānavyānau me pāhi\_ udānarūpe me pāhi\_ ūrg asi\_ - [Previous: 2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.6) - [Next: 2.1.7x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7x) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.8.13) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7) · Pramāṇa