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# Gopathabrahmana 2.2.12

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.12)

yatra vijānāti brahmant somo 'skann iti tam etayālabhyābhimantrayate\_\<abhūd devaḥ savitā vandyo nu na idānīm ahna upavācyo nṛbhiḥ | vi yo ratnā bhajati mānavebhyaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ no atra draviṇaṃ yathā dadhat \[ṚV 4.54.1\]\>\_iti  
\<ye agnayo apsv antar \[ŚS 3.21.1, VaitS 16.16, cf. PS 10.9.1?\]\> iti saptabhir abhijuhoti  
yad evāsyāvaskannaṃ bhavati tad evāsyaitad agnau svagākaroti\_  
agnir hi sukṛtīnāṃ haviṣāṃ pratiṣṭhā\_  
atha visṛpya vaipruṣān homāñ juhoti \<drapsaś caskanda \[ṚV 10.17.11, PS 20.13.7, ŚS 18.4.28, VaitS 16.17\]\>\_iti \[ed. juhvati, corr. Patyal\]  
yā evāsyābhiṣūyamāṇasya vipruṣa skandanty aṃśur vā tā evāsyaitad āhavanīye svagākaroti\_ \[ed. āhavaṇīye\]  
āhavanīyo hy āhutīnāṃ pratiṣṭhā  
\<yas te drapsa skandati \[ṚV 10.17.12a, PS 20.13.8a, VaitS 16.17\]\>\_iti  
stoko vai drapsaḥ\_  
\<yas te aṃśur bāhucyuto dhiṣaṇāyā upasthāt \[ṚV 10.17.12b, PS 20.13.8b, VaitS 16.17\]\>\_iti bāhubhir abhicyuto 'ṃśur adhiṣavaṇābhyām adhiskandati\_  
\<adhvaryor vā pari yaḥ pavitrāt taṃ te juhomi manasā vaṣaṭkṛtam \[PS 20.13.8cd, ṚV 10.17.12cd, VaitS 16.17\]\> iti  
tad yathā vaṣaṭkṛtaṃ svāhākṛtaṃ hutam evaṃ bhavati || 12 ||

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## Linked texts (5)

- [Śākala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*sakala.4.54.1) — Sanskrit
- [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.317) — Sanskrit
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.786) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.kathakasamhita.47.28) — Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.12) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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