[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 # Gopathabrahmana 2.1 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1) atha yad brahmasadanāt tṛṇaṃ nirasyati śodhayaty evainaṃ tat\_ athopaviśatīdam aham arvāgvasoḥ sadane sīdāmīti\_ arvāgvasur ha vai devānāṃ brahmā parāgvasur asurāṇām\_ tamevaitat pūrvaṃ sādayati\_ ariṣṭaṃ yajñaṃ tanutād iti\_ athopaviśva japati bṛhaspatir brahmeti bṛhaspatir vā āṅgiraso devānāṃ brahmā tasminn evaitad anujñām icchati praṇītāsu praṇīyamānāsu vācaṃ yacchaty ā haviṣkṛta udvādanāt\_ etad vai yajñasya dvāram\_ tad etad aśūnyaṃ karoti\_ iṣṭe ca sviṣṭakṛty ānuyājānāṃ prasavād iti\_ etad vai yajñasya dvitīyaṃ dvāram\_ tad evaitad aśūnyaṃ karoti yat paridhayaḥ paridhīyante yajñasya gopīthāya paridhīn paridhatte yajñasya sātmatvāya paridhīnt saṃmārṣṭi punāty evainān\_ trir madhyamam\_ traya ime prāṇāḥ prāṇān evābhijayati trir dakṣiṇārdhyam\_ trayo vai lokāḥ\_ lokān evābhijayati ### [2.1.1x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1x) trir uttarārdhyaṃ ### [2.1.1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_2) trayo vai devalokāḥ\_ ### [2.1.1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_3) devalokān evābhijayati ### [2.1.1\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_4) trir upavājayati trayo vai devayānāḥ panthānas ### [2.1.1\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_5) tān evābhijayati ### [2.1.1\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_6) te vai dvādaśa bhavanti ### [2.1.1\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_7) dvādaśa ha vai māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ ### [2.1.1\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_8) saṃvatsaram eva tena prīṇāti\_ ### [2.1.1\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.1_9) atho saṃvatsaram evāsmā upadadhāti svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai || 1 || ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2) prajāpatir vai rudraṃ yajñān nirabhajat so 'kāmayata meyam asmā ākūtiḥ samardhi yo mā yajñān nirabhākṣīd iti sa yajñam abhyāyamyāvidhyat tad āviddhaṃ nirakṛntat tat prāśitram abhavat tad udayacchat tad bhagāya paryaharan\_ tat pratyaikṣata tasya cakṣuḥ parāpatat tasmād āhur andho vai bhaga iti\_ api ha taṃ necched yam icchati tat savitre paryaharan\_ tat pratyagṛhāt tasya pāṇī praciccheda tasmai hiraṇmayau pratyadadhus tasmād dhiraṇyapāṇir iti stutas tat pūṣṇe paryaharan\_ tat prāśnāt tasya dantāḥ paropyanta tasmād āhur adantakaḥ pūṣā piṣṭabhājana iti tad idhmāyāṅgirasāya paryaharan\_ tat prāśnāt tasya śiro vyapatat ### [2.1.2x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2x) taṃ yajña evākalpayat ### [2.1.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_2) sa eṣa idhmaḥ ### [2.1.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_3) samidho ha purātanas ### [2.1.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_4) tad barhaya āṅgirasāya paryaharan\_ ### [2.1.2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_5) tat prāśnāt ### [2.1.2\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_6) tasyāṅgā parvāṇi vyasraṃsanta ### [2.1.2\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_7) taṃ yajña evākalpayat ### [2.1.2\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_8) tad etad barhiḥ ### [2.1.2\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_9) prastaro ha purātanas ### [2.1.2\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_10) tad bṛhaspataya āṅgirasāya paryaharan\_ ### [2.1.2\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_11) so 'bibhed bṛhaspatir itthaṃ vāva sya ārtim āriṣyatīti ### [2.1.2\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_12) sa etaṃ mantram apaśyat ### [2.1.2\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_13) \ ity abravīt\_ ### [2.1.2\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_14) na hi sūryasya cakṣuḥ kiṃ cana hinasti ### [2.1.2\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_15) so 'bibhet pratigṛhṇantaṃ mā hiṃsiṣyatīti ### [2.1.2\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_16) devasya tvā savituḥ prasave 'śvinor bāhubhyāṃ pūṣṇo hastābhyāṃ prasūtaḥ praśiṣā pratigṛhāmīty abravīt ### [2.1.2\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_17) savitṛprasūta evainaṃ tad devatābhiḥ pratyagṛhṇāt ### [2.1.2\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_18) tad vyūhya tṛṇāni prāgdaṇḍaṃ sthaṇḍile nidadhāti pṛthivyās tvā nābhau sādayāmīti ### [2.1.2\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_19) pṛthivī vā annānāṃ śamayitrī tayaivainac chamayāṃ cakāra ### [2.1.2\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_20) so 'bibhet prāśnantaṃ mā hiṃsiṣyatīti\_ ### [2.1.2\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_21) agneṣ ṭvāsyena prāśnāmīty abravīt\_ ### [2.1.2\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_22) na hy agner āsyaṃ kiṃ cana hinasti ### [2.1.2\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_23) so 'bibhet prāśitaṃ mā hiṃsiṣyatīti\_ ### [2.1.2\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_24) indrasya tvā jaṭhare sādayāmīty abravīt\_ ### [2.1.2\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_25) na hīndrasya jaṭharaṃ kiṃ cana hinasti ### [2.1.2\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.2_26) varuṇasyodara iti na hi varuṇasyodaraṃ kiṃ cana hinastīti || 2 || ### [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 ### [2.1.3x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3x) yad upariṣṭād abhidhārayati tasmād upariṣṭāt prakṣaraṇaṃ prajā arur na hinasti ### [2.1.3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3_2) yad ubhayato 'bhighārayaty ubhayato 'bhighāri prajā arur ghātukaṃ syāt\_ ### [2.1.3\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.3_3) yat samayābhihared anabhividdhaṃ yajñasyābhividhyet || 3 || ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4) agreṇa pariharati tīrthenaiva pariharati vi vā etad yajñaś chidyate yat prāśitraṃ pariharati yad āha brahman prasthāsyāmīti bṛhaspatir vai sarvaṃ brahma sarveṇa ha vā etad brahmaṇā yajñaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ saṃdadhāti\_ atho atra vā etarhi yajñaḥ śrito yatra brahmā tatraiva yajñaḥ śritas tata evainam ālabhate yad dhastena pramīved vepanaḥ syāt\_ yac chīrṣṇā śīrṣaktimānt syāt\_ yat tūṣṇīm āsītāsaṃpratto yajñaḥ syāt pratiṣṭhety eva brūyāt\_ vāci vai yajñaḥ śritaḥ\_ yatra brahmā yatraiva yajñaḥ śritas tata evainaṃ saṃprayacchati\_ agnīdha ādadhāti\_ agnimukhān evartūn prīṇāti\_ athottarāsām āhutīnāṃ pratiṣṭhityā atho samidvaty ava juhoti paridhīnt saṃmārṣṭi punāty evainān\_ sakṛtsakṛt saṃmārṣṭi parāṅ eva hy etarhi yajñaḥ\_ catuḥ saṃpadyate\_ atho catuṣpādaḥ paśavaḥ ### [2.1.4x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4x) paśūnām āptyai ### [2.1.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4_2) deva savitar etat te prāhety āha prasūtyai ### [2.1.4\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4_3) bṛhaspatir brahmety āha ### [2.1.4\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4_4) sa hi brahmiṣṭhaḥ ### [2.1.4\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4_5) sa yajñaṃ pāhi sa yajñapatiṃ pāhi sa māṃ pāhi sa māṃ karmaṇyaṃ pāhīty āha ### [2.1.4\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.4_6) yajñāya ca yajamānāya ca paśūnām āptyai || 4 || ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.5) na vai paurṇamāsyāṃ nāmāvāsyāyāṃ dakṣiṇā dīyante ya eṣa odanaḥ pacyate dakṣiṇaiṣā dīyate yajñasyarddhyai\_ iṣṭī vā etena yad yajate 'tho vā etena pūrtī ya eṣa odanaḥ pacyate\_ eṣa ha vā iṣṭāpūrtī ya enaṃ pacati || 5 || ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.6) dvayā vai devā yajamānasya gṛham āgacchanti somapā anye 'somapā anye hutādo 'nye 'hutādo 'nye\_ ete vai devā ahutādo yad brāhmaṇāḥ\_ etaddevatya eṣa yaḥ purānījānaḥ\_ ete ha vā etasya prajāyāḥ paśūnām īśate te 'syāprītā iṣam ūrjam ādāyāpakrāmanti yad anvāhāryam anvāharati tān eva tena prīṇāti dakṣiṇataḥsadbhyaḥ parihartavā āha dakṣiṇāvataiva yajñena yajate\_ āhutibhir eva devān hutādaḥ prīṇāti dakṣiṇābhir manuṣyadevān\_ te 'smai prītā iṣam ūrjaṃ niyacchanti || 6 || ### [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\_ ### [2.1.7x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7x) ūrjaṃ me dhehi ### [2.1.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7_2) kurvato me mā kṣeṣṭhāḥ\_ ### [2.1.7\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7_3) dadato me mopadasaḥ ### [2.1.7\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7_4) prajāpatim ahaṃ tvayā samakṣam ṛdhyāsam iti ### [2.1.7\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.7_5) prajāpatim eva samakṣam ṛdhnoti ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda || 7 || ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.8) ye vā iha yajñair ārdhnuvaṃs teṣām etāni jyotīṃṣi yāny amūni nakṣatrāṇi tan nakṣatrāṇāṃ nakṣatratvaṃ yan na kṣīyanti darśapūrṇamāsau vai yajñasyāvasānadarśau ye vā aniṣṭvā darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ somena yajante teṣām etāni jyotīṃṣi yāny amūni nakṣatrāṇi patantīva tad yathā ha vā idam aspaṣṭāvasāne nehāvasāsyasi nehāvasāsyasīti nonudyanta evaṃ haivaite 'muṣmāṃl lokān nonudyante ta ete pracyavante || 8 || ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.9) yasya havir niruptaṃ purastāc candramā abhyudiyāt tāṃs tredhā tāṇḍulān vibhajet\_ ye madhyamās tān agnaye dātre 'ṣṭākapālaṃ nirvapet\_ ye sthaviṣṭhās tān indrāya prādātre dadhani carum\_ ye kṣodiṣṭhās tān viṣṇave śipiviṣṭāya śṛte carum\_ \[ed. kṣodisthās, corr. Patyal\] paśavo vā ete 'tiricyante tān evāpnoti tān avarunddhe\_ agnir vai madhyamasya dātendro vai jyeṣṭhasya pradātā yad evedaṃ kṣudraṃ paśūnāṃ tad viṣṇoḥ śipiviṣṭam\_ tad evāpnoti paśūn evāvarunddhe || 9 || ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.10) yā pūrvā paurṇamāsī sānumatiḥ\_ yottarā rākā yā pūrvāmāvāsyā sā sinīvālī yottarā sā kuhūḥ\_ candramā eva dhātā ca vidhātā ca yat pūrṇo 'nyāṃ vasaty apūrṇo 'nyāṃ tan mithunam\_ yat paśyaty anyāṃ nānyāṃ tan mithunam\_ yad amāvāsyāyāś candramā adhi prajāyate tan mithunam\_ tasmād evāsmai mithunāt paśūn prajanayati || 10 || ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.11) na dve yajeta yat pūrvayā saṃprati yatetottarayā chambaṭkuryāt\_ yad uttarayā saṃprati yajeta pūrvayā chambaṭkuryāt\_ neṣṭir bhavati na yajñas tad anu hrītamukhy apagalbho jāyate\_ ekām eva yajeta pragalbho haiva jāyate\_ anādṛtya tad dve yajeta yajñamukham eva pūrvayālabhate yajata uttarayā devatā evaṃ pūrvayāpnotīndriyam uttaryā devalokam eva pūrvayāvarunddhe manuṣyalokam uttarayā bhūyaso yajñakratūn upaitya\_ eṣā ha vai sumanā nāmeṣṭiḥ\_ yam adyejānaṃ paścāc candramā abhyudiyād asmā asmiṃl loka ārdhukaṃ bhavati || 11 || ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.12) agnāvaiṣṇavam ekādaśakapālaṃ nirvaped darśapūrṇamāsāv āripsamāṇaḥ\_ agnir vai sarvā devatā viṣṇur yajñaḥ\_ devatāś caiva yajñaṃ cārabhata ṛddhyai\_ ṛdhnoty eva\_ ubhau sahārambhāv ity āhuḥ\_ udin nu śṛṅge sito mucyata iti darśo vā etayoḥ pūrvaḥ paurṇamāsa uttaraḥ\_ atha yat parastāt paurṇamāsa ārabhyate tad yathā pūrvaṃ kriyate tad yat paurṇamāsam ārabhamāṇaḥ sarasvatyai caruṃ nirvapet sarasvate dvādaśakapālam amāvāsyā vai sarasvatī paurṇamāsaḥ sarasvān iti\_ ubhāv evainau sahārabhata ṛddhyai\_ ṛdhnoty eva || 12 || ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.13) agnaye pathikṛte 'ṣṭākapālaṃ nirvaped yasya prajñāteṣṭir atipadyate bahiṣpathaṃ vā eṣa eti yasya prajñāteṣṭir atipadyate\_ agnir vai devānāṃ pathikṛt tam eva bhāgadheyenopāsarat sa enaṃ panthānam apinayati\_ anaḍvān dakṣiṇā sa hi panthānam abhivahati || 13 || ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.14) agnaye vratapataye 'ṣṭākapālaṃ nirvaped ya āhitāgniḥ san pravaset\_ bahu vā eṣa vratam atipātayati ya āhitāgniḥ san pravasati vratye 'hani striyaṃ vopaiti māṃsaṃ vāśnāti\_ agnir vai devānāṃ vratapatiḥ\_ agnim etasya vratam agāt tasmād etasya vratam ālambhayate || 14 || ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.15) agnaye vratabhṛte 'ṣṭākapālaṃ nirvaped ya āhitāgnir ārtijam aśru kuryāt\_ ānīto vā eṣa devānāṃ ya āhitāgnis tasmād etenāśru na kartavyam\_ na hi devā aśru kurvanti\_ agnir vai devānāṃ vratabhṛt\_ agnim etasya vratam agāt tasmād etasya vratam ālambhayate || 15 || ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.16) aindrāgnam usram anusṛṣṭam ālabheta yasya pitā pitāmahaḥ somaṃ na pibet\_ indriyeṇa vā eṣa vīryeṇa vyṛdhyate yasya pitā pitāmahaḥ somaṃ na pibati yad aindra indriyeṇaivainaṃ tad vīryeṇa samardhayati devatābhir vā eṣa vīryeṇa vyṛdhyate yasya pitā pitāmhaḥ somaṃ na pibati yad āgneyo 'gnir vai sarvā devatāḥ sarvābhir evainaṃ tad devatābhiḥ samardhayati\_ anusṛṣṭo bhavati\_ anusṛṣṭa iva hy etasya somapītho yasya pitā pitāmahaḥ somaṃ na pibati tasmād eṣa eva tasyā devatāyāḥ paśūnāṃ samṛddhaḥ || 16 || ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17) devā vā oṣadhīṣu pakvāsv ājim ayuḥ sa indro 'ved agnir vāvemāḥ prathama ujjeṣyatīti so 'bravīd yataro nau pūrva ujjayāt tan nau saheti tā agnir udajayat tad indro 'nūdajayat sa eṣa aindrāgnaḥ sann āgnendraḥ\_ ekā vai tarhi yavasya śnuṣṭir āsīd ekā vrīher ekā māṣasyaikā tilasya tad viśve devā abruvan vayaṃ vā etat prathayiṣyāmo bhāgo no 'stv iti tad bhūma eva vaiśvadevaḥ\_ atho prathayaty etenaiva payasi syād vaiśvadevatvāya vaiśvadevaṃ hi payaḥ\_ athemāv abrūtāṃ na vā ṛta āvābhyām evaitad yūyaṃ prathayata mayi pratiṣṭhitam asau vṛṣṭyā pacati naitadito 'bhyujjeṣyatīti bhāgo nāv astv iti tābhyāṃ vā eṣa bhāgaḥ kriyata ujjityā eva\_ atho pratiṣṭhityā eva yo dyāvāpṛthivīyaḥ saumīr vā oṣadhīḥ soma oṣadhīnām adhirājaḥ\_ yāś ca grāmyā yāścāraṇyās tāsām eṣa uddhāro yac chyāmākaḥ\_ yac chyāmākaḥ saumyas tam eva bhāginaṃ kṛṇute yad akṛtvāgrayaṇaṃ navasyāśnīyād devānāṃ bhāgaṃ pratikḷptam adyāt saṃvatsarād vā etad adhiprajāyate yad āgrayaṇam\_ saṃvatsaraṃ vai brahmā ### [2.1.17x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17x) tasmād brahmā purastāddhomasaṃsthitahomeṣv āvapeta\_ ### [2.1.17\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17_2) ekahāyanī dakṣiṇā ### [2.1.17\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17_3) sa hi saṃvatsarasya pratimā ### [2.1.17\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17_4) reta eva hy eṣo 'prajātaḥ ### [2.1.17\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.17_5) prajātyai || 17 || ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.18) atha haitad apratiratham \\_ iti\_ etena ha vā indro 'surān pratyajayat\_ \[ed. 'surāna\] aprati ha bhavaty etena yajamāno bhrātṛvyaṃ jayati saṃgrāme juhuyād aprati ha bhavati\_ etena ha vai bharadvājaḥ pratardanaṃ samanahyat sa rāṣṭry abhavat\_ yaṃ kāmayeta rāṣṭrī syād iti tam etena saṃnahyet\_ rāṣṭrī ha bhavati\_ etena ha vā indro virājam abhyajayat\_ daśaivānvāha daśākṣarā virāḍ vairājaṃ vā etena yajamāno bhrātṛvyaṃ vṛṅkte tad u haika ekādaśānvāhuḥ\_ ekādaśākṣarā vai triṣṭup traiṣṭubho vajraḥ\_ vajreṇaivaitad rakṣāṃsy apasedhati dakṣiṇato vai devānāṃ yajñaṃ rakṣāṃsy ajighāṃsan\_ tāny apratirathenāpāghnata tasmād brahmāpratirathaṃ japann eti yad brahmāpratirathaṃ japann eti yajñasyābhijityai rakṣasām apahatyai rakṣasām apahatyai || 18 || ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.19) athātaś cāturmāsyānāṃ prayogaḥ phālgunyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ cāturmāsyāni prayuñjīta mukhaṃ vā etat saṃvatsarasya yat phālgunī paurṇamāsī mukham uttare phālgunyau pucchaṃ pūrve \[ed. pūrva\] tad yathā pravṛttasyāntau sametau syātām evam evaitat saṃvatsarasyāntau sametau bhavatas tad yat phālgunyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ cāturmāsyair yajate mukhata evaitat saṃvatsaraṃ prayuṅkte\_ atho bhaiṣajyayajñā vā ete yac cāturmāsyāni tasmād ṛtusaṃdhiṣu prayujyante\_ ṛtusaṃdhiṣu vai vyādhir jāyate tāny etāny aṣṭau havīṃsṣi bhavanti aṣṭau vai catasṛṇāṃ paurṇamāsīnāṃ havīṃṣi bhavanti catasṛṇāṃ vai paurṇamāsīnāṃ vaiśvadevaṃ samāsaḥ\_ atha yad agniṃ manthanti prajāpatir vai vaiśvadevam\_ prajātyā eva\_ athaitaṃ daivaṃ garbhaṃ prajanayati\_ atha yat saptadaśa sāmidhenyaḥ saptadaśo vai prajāpatiḥ prajāpater āptyai atha yat sadvantāv ājyabhāgāv asisaṃtīti vai sadvantau bhavataḥ\_ atha yad virājau saṃyājye annaṃ vai śrīr virāḍ annādyasya śriyo 'varuddhyai\_ \[ed. 'varuddhyā 'tha\] atha yan nava prayājā navānuyājā aṣṭau havīṃṣi vājinaṃ navamaṃ tan nakṣatrīyāṃ virājam āpnoti\_ atho āhur daśanīṃ virājam iti prayājānuyājā havīṃṣy āghārāv ājyabhāgāv iti || 19 || ### [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 || ### [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 || ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.22) atha yad aindrāgno dvādaśakapālo bhavati balaṃ vai teja indrāgnī balam eva tat tejasi pratiṣṭhāpayati\_ atha yad vāruṇy āmikṣendro vai varuṇaḥ \[ed. āmīkṣendro, corr. Patyal\] sa u vai payobhājanas tasmād vāruṇy āmikṣā\_ \[ed. amikṣā\] atha yan mārutī payasyāpsu vai marutaḥ śritāḥ\_ \[ed. śritaḥ. corr. Patyal\] āpo hi payaḥ\_ athendrasya vai marutaḥ śrita aindraṃ payas tasmān mārutī payasyā\_ atha yat kāya ekakapālaḥ prajāpatir vai kaḥ prajāpater āptyā atho sukhasya vā etan nāmadheyaṃ kam iti \[ed. nāmagheyam\] sukham eva tad adhy ātman dhatte\_ atha yan mithunau gāvau dadāti tat prajātyai rūpam ukthyā vājinaḥ\_ atha yad apsu varuṇaṃ yajati sva evainaṃ tad āyatane prīṇāti\_ atha yat parastāt paurṇamāsena yajate tathā hāsya pūrvapakṣe varuṇapraghāsair iṣṭaṃ bhavati || 22 || ### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.23) aindro vā eṣa yajñakratur yat sākamedhās tad yathā mahārājaḥ purastāt senānīkāni vyuhyābhayaṃ panthānam anviyād evam evaitat purastād devatā yajati \[ed. sainānīkāni, corr. Patyal\] tad yathaivādaḥ somasya mahāvratam evam evaitad iṣṭimahāvratam atha yad agnim anīkavantaṃ prathamaṃ devatānāṃ yajaty agnir vai devānāṃ mukham\_ mukhata eva tad devān prīṇāti\_ atha yan madhyaṃdine marutaḥ sāṃtapanān yajatīndro vai marutaḥ saṃtapanāḥ\_ aindraṃ mādhyaṃdinam\_ tasmād etān indreṇopasaṃhitān yajati\_ atha yat sāyaṃ gṛhamedhīyena caranti puṣṭikarma vai gṛhamedhīyaḥ sāyaṃ poṣaḥ paśūnām\_ tasmāt sāyaṃ gṛhamedhīyena caranti\_ atah yac chvo bhūte gṛhamedhīyasya niṣkāśamiśreṇa pūrṇadarveṇa caranti pūrvedyuḥ karmaṇaivaitat prātaḥ karmopasaṃtanvanti\_ atha yat prātar marutaḥ krīḍino yajatīndro vai marutaḥ krīḍinas tasmād enān indreṇopasaṃhitān yajati\_ 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 aṣṭau havīṃṣi samānāni tv eva ṣaṭsaṃcarāṇi havīṃṣi bhavanty aindrāgnāntāni teṣām uktaṃ brāhmaṇam atha yan mahendram antato yajaty antaṃ vai śreṣṭhī bhajate tasmād enam antato yajati\_ atha yad vaiśvakarmaṇa ekakapālo 'sau vai viśvakarmā yo 'sau tapati\_ etam eva tena prīṇāti\_ ### [2.1.23x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.23x) atha yad ṛṣabhaṃ dadāty aindro ha yajñakratuḥ || 23 || ### [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 || ### [2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25) atha yaj jīvanavantāv ājyabhāgau bhavato yajamānam eva taj jīvayati\_ atha yad ekaikasya haviṣas tisrastisro yājyā bhavanti hvayaty evainān prathamayā dvitīyayā gamayati praiva tṛtīyayā yacchati\_ atho devayajñam evaitat pitṛyajñena vyāvartayati\_ atho dakṣiṇāsaṃstho vai pitṛyajñas tam evaitad udaksaṃsthaṃ kurvanti\_ atha yad agniṃ kavyavāhanam antato yajaty etat sviṣṭakṛto pitaras tasmād agniṃ kavyavāhanam antato yajati\_ atha yad iḍām upahūyāvaghrāya na prāśnanti paśavo vā iḍā net paśūn pravṛṇajānīti\_ atha yat sūktavāke yajamānasyāśiṣo 'nvāha ned yajamānaṃ pravṛṇajānīti\_ atha yat patnīṃ na saṃyājayanti net patnīṃ pravṛṇajānīti\_ atha yat pavitravati mārjayante śāntir vai bheṣajam āpaḥ śāntir evaiṣā bheṣajam antato yajñe kriyate\_ atha yad adhvaryuḥ pitṛbhyo nipṛṇāti jīvān eva tat pitṝn anu manuṣyāḥ pitaro 'nupravahanti\_ atho devayajñam evainaṃ pitṛyajñena vyāvartayanti\_ atho dakṣiṇāsaṃstho vai pitṛyajñas tam evaitad udaksaṃsthaṃ kurvanti\_ atha yat prāñco 'bhyutkramyādityam upatiṣṭhante devaloko vā ādityaḥ pitṛlokaḥ pitaraḥ\_ devalokam evaitat pitṛlokād upasaṃkrāmantīti\_ atha yad dakṣiṇāñco 'bhyutkramyāgnīn upatiṣṭhante prītyaiva tad deveṣv antato 'rdhaṃ caranti\_ ### [2.1.25x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25x) atha yad udañco 'bhyutkramya traiyaṃbakair yajante rudram eva tat svasyāṃ diśi prīṇanti\_ \[ed. svāyāṃ but see corrigenda p. 302\] ### [2.1.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25_2) atho devayajñam evaitat pitṛyajñena vyāvartayanti\_ ### [2.1.25\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25_3) atho dakṣiṇāsaṃstho vai pitṛyajñas ### [2.1.25\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25_4) tam evaitad udaksaṃsthaṃ kurvanti\_ ### [2.1.25\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25_5) atha yad antata ādityeṣṭyā yajatīyaṃ vā aditiḥ\_ ### [2.1.25\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25_6) asyām evainam antataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati\_ ### [2.1.25\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.25_7) atha yat parastāt paurṇamāsena yajate tathā hāsya pūrvapakṣe sākamedhair iṣṭaṃ bhavati || 25 || ### [2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.26) trayodaśaṃ vā etaṃ māsam āpnoti yac chunāsīryeṇa yajate\_ etāvān vai saṃvatsaro yāvān eṣa trayodaśo māsaḥ\_ atha yad agniṃ praṇayanti yam evāmuṃ vaiśvadeve manthanti tam eva tat praṇayanti yan mathyate tasyoktaṃ brāhmaṇam\_ yady u na mathyate paurṇamāsam eva tantraṃ bhavati pratiṣṭhā vai paurṇamāsam\_ pratiṣṭhityā evātha yad vāyuṃ yajati prāṇo vai vāyuḥ prāṇam eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yac chunāsīraṃ yajati saṃvatsaro vai śunāsīraḥ saṃvatsaram eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yat sūryaṃ yajaty asau vai sūryo yo 'sau tapati\_ etam eva tena prīṇāti\_ atha yac chvetāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadāty etasyaiva tad rūpaṃ kriyate\_ atha yat prāyaścittapratinidhiṃ kurvanti svastyayanam eva tat kurvanti yajñasyaiva śāntir yajamānasya bhaiṣajyāya tair vā etaiś cāturmāsyair devāḥ sarvān kāmān āpnuvaṃt sarvā iṣṭīḥ sarvam amṛtatvam\_ sa vā eṣa prajāpatiḥ saṃvatsaraś caturviṃśo yac cāturmāsyāni tasya mukham eva vaiśvadevam\_ bāhū varuṇapraghāsāḥ prāṇo 'pāno vyāna ity etās tisra iṣṭayaḥ\_ \[ed. praṇo\] ātmā mahāhaviḥ pratiṣṭhā śunāsīram\_ sa vā eṣa prajāpatir eva saṃvatsaro yac cāturmāsyāni ### [2.1.26x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.26x) sarvaṃ vai prajāpatiḥ ### [2.1.26\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.26_2) sarvaṃ cāturmāsyāni ### [2.1.26\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.26_3) tat sarveṇaiva sarvam āpnoti ya evaṃ veda yaś caivaṃ vidvāṃś cāturmāsyair yajate cāturmāsyair yajate cāturmāsyairyajate ### [2.1.26col](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.26col) ity atharvavede gopathabrāhmaṇottarabhāge prathamaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ || ## Linked texts (9) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.5.1.21) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.2.5.11.5) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.8.13) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.9.1) — Brahmā, Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1650) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Śrautakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.srautakosa.2.p189) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.5.4) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.5.4) — Sanskrit - [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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1) · Pramāṇa