[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) › 2.2.16 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.16 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.16) devā yajñaṃ parājayanta tam āgnīdhrāt punar upājayanta tad etad yajñasyāparājitaṃ yad āgnīdhram\_ yad āgnīdhrād dhiṣṇyān viharati tata evainaṃ punas tanute parājityai\_ apa khalu vā ete gacchanti ye bahiṣpavamānaṃ sarpanti bahiṣpavamāne stuta āha\_ agnīd agnīn vihara barhi stṛṇīhi puroḍāśān alaṃkurv iti yajñam evāparājitya punas tanvānā āyanti\_ aṅgārair dve savane viharati śalākābhis tṛtīyasavanaṃ saśrukratvāya\_ atho saṃbhavaty evam evaitat\_ dakṣiṇato vai devānāṃ yajñaṃ rakṣāṃsy ajighāṃsan\_ \[ed. ajidhāṃsan\] tāny āgnīdhreṇāpāghnata tasmād dakṣiṇāmukhas tiṣṭhann agnīt pratyāśrāvayati yajñasyābhijityai rakṣasām apahatyai rakṣasām apahatyai || 16 || - [Previous: 2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.15) - [Next: 2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.17) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.329) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4612) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.16) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.16) · Pramāṇa