[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) › 2.2.17 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.17 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.17) tad āhur atha kasmāt saumya evādhvare pravṛtāhutīr juhvati na haviryajña iti\_ akṛtsnā vā eṣā devayajyā yad dhaviryajñaḥ\_ atha haiṣaiva kṛtsnā devayajyā yat saumyo 'dhvaras tasmāt saumya evādhvare pravṛtāhutīr juhvati juṣṭo vāce bhūyāsaṃ juṣṭo vācaspataye devi vāg yad vāco madhumattamaṃ tasmin mā dhāḥ svāhā vāce svāhā vācapataye svāhā sarasvatyai svāhā sarasvatyā iti purastāt svāhākāreṇa juhoti \[ed. -svāhākareṇa\] tasmād vāg ata ūrdhvam utsṛṣṭā yajñaṃ vahati manasottarām\_ manasā hi manaḥ prītam\_ tad u haike saptāhutīr juhvati sapta chandāṃsi pravṛttāni pratimantram iti vadantaḥ\_ yathā mekhalā paryasyate medhyasya cāmedhyasya ca vihṛtyā evaṃ haivaite nyupyante medhasya cāmedhyasya ca vihṛtyai yajñasya vihṛtyai prācīnaṃ hi dhiṣṇyebhyo devānāṃ lokāḥ pratīcīnaṃ manuṣyāṇām\_ tasmāt somaṃ pibatā prāñco dhiṣṇyā nopasarpyāḥ\_ janaṃ hy etat\_ devalokaṃ hy adhyārohanti teṣām etad āyatanaṃ codayanaṃ ca yad āgnīdhraṃ ca sadaś ca tad yo 'vidvānt saṃcaraty ārtim ārchatyi\_ atha yo vidvānt saṃcarati na sa dhiṣṇīyām ārtim ārchati || 17 || \[ed. vidvant\] - [Previous: 2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.16) - [Next: 2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.18) - [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.334) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3924) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.17) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.17) · Pramāṇa