[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) › 2.2.11 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.11 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.11) devāś ca ha vā asurāś cāspardhanta te devāḥ samāvad eva yajñe kurvāṇā āsan yad eva davā akurvata tad asurā akurvata te na vyāvṛtam agacchan\_ te devā abruvan nayatemaṃ yajñaṃ tira upary asurebhyas taṃsyāmaha iti tam etābhir ācchādyodakrāman yajūṃṣi yajñe samidhaḥ svāheti taṃ tira upary asurebhyo yajñam atanvata tam eṣāṃ yajñam asurā nānvavāyan\_ tato devā abhavan parāsurāḥ sa ya evaṃvidvāṃs tira upary asurebhyo yajñaṃ tanute bhavaty ātmanā parāsyāpriyo bhrātṛvyo bhavati\_ etair eva juhuyāt samṛtayajñe caturbhiś caturbhir anvākhyāyam\_ purastāt prātaranuvākasya juhuyāt\_ etāvān vai yajño yāvān eṣa yajñas taṃ vṛṅkte sayajño bhavati ayajña itaraḥ\_ etair eva juhuyāt purastād dvādaśāhasya\_ eṣa ha vai pratyakṣaṃ dvādaśāhas tam evālabhyaitair eva juhuyāt purastād dīkṣāyāḥ\_ eṣā ha vai pratyakṣaṃ dīkṣā tām evālabhyaitair evātithyam abhimṛśed \\_ iti || 11 || - [Previous: 2.2.10\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.10_4) - [Next: 2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.12) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) ## Linked texts (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5805) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.11) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.11) · Pramāṇa