[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) › 2.2.13 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.13 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.13) ṛṣayo vā indraṃ pratyakṣaṃ nāpaśyan\_ taṃ vasiṣṭha eva pratyakṣam apaśyat so 'bibhed itarebhya ṛṣibhyo mā pravocad iti so 'bravīd brāhmaṇaṃ te vakṣyāmi yathā tvatpurohitāḥ prajāḥ prajaniṣyante\_ athetarebhya ṛṣibhyo mā pravoca iti tasmā etān stomabhāgān uvāca tato vasiṣṭhapurohitāḥ prajāḥ prājāyanta stomo vā ete eteṣāṃ bhāgas tat stomabhāgānāṃ stomabhāgatvam\_ raśmir asi kṣayāya tveti kṣayo vai devāḥ\_ devebhya eva yajñaṃ prāha pretir asi dharmaṇe tveti dharmo manuṣyāḥ\_ manuṣyebhya eva yajñaṃ prāha\_ anvitir asi saṃdhir asi pratidhir asīti \[ed. anitir, corr. Patyal\] trayo vai lokāḥ\_ lokeṣv eva yajñaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati viṣṭambho 'sīti vṛṣṭim evāvarunddhe prāvo 'sy ahnāṃsīti mithunam eva karoti\_ uśig asi praketo 'si suditir asīti\_ aṣṭau vasava ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśādityā vāg dvātriṃśī svaras trayastriṃśastrayastriṃśad devāḥ\_ - [Previous: 2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.12) - [Next: 2.2.13x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.13x) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) ## Linked texts (4) - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.37.17) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.656) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Kāṭhakaśākhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.kathakasakha.42.17) — Sanskrit - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.kathakasamhita.50.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.13) · Pramāṇa