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# Gopathabrahmana 2.2.15

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.15)

yo ha vā āyatāṃś ca pratiyatāṃś ca stomabhāgān vidyāt sa viṣpardhamānayoḥ samṛtasomayor brahmā syāt  
\<stuteṣe stutorje stuta devasya savituḥ save bṛhaspatiṃ vaḥ prajāpatiṃ vo vasūn vo devān rudrān vo devān ādityān vo devān sādhyān vo devān āptyān vo devān viśvān vo devān sarvān vo devān viśvatas pari havāmahe \[VaitS 17.7\]\>  
\<janebhyo 'smākam astu kevalaḥ \[VaitS 17.7 (cf. PS 5.4.9c)\]\>\_  
\<itaḥ kṛṇotu vīryam \[VaitS 17.7 (PS 5.4.9d)\]\> iti\_  
ete ha vā āyatāś ca pratiyatāś ca stomabhāgās  
tāñ japann uparyupari pareṣāṃ brahmāṇam avekṣeta  
tata eṣām adhaḥśirā brahmā patati  
tato yajñas  
tato yajamānaḥ\_  
yajamāne 'dhaḥśirasi patite sa deśo 'dhaḥśirāḥ patati yasminn ardhe yajante  
devāś ca ha vā asurāś ca samṛtasomau yajñāv atanutām  
atha bṛhaspatir āṅgiraso devānāṃ brahmā  
sa āyatāṃś ca pratiyatāṃś ca stomabhāgāñ japann uparyupary asurāṇāṃ brahmāṇam avaikṣata  
tata eṣām adhaḥśirā brahmāpatat  
tato yajñas  
tato 'surā iti || 15 ||

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.325) — Sanskrit
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5305) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.15) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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