[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) › 2.2.1 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.1 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.1) oṃ māṃsīyanti vā āhitāgner agnayas ta enam evāgre 'bhidhyāyanti yajamānam\_ ya etam aindrāgnaṃ paśuṃ ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṣṭhe māsa ālabhate tenaivendrāgnibhyāṃ grasitam ātmānaṃ niravadayate\_ āyuṣkāma ālabheta prāṇāpānau vā indrāgnī prāṇāpānāv evātmani dhatte\_ āyuṣmān bhavati prajākāma ālabheta prāṇāpānau vā indrāgnī prāṇāpānau prajā anuprajāyante prajāvān bhavati paśukāma ālabheta prāṇāpānau vā indrāgnī prāṇāpānau paśavo 'nuprajāyante paśumān bhavati yāmaṃ śukaṃ hāritam ālabheta śuṇṭhaṃ vā yaḥ kāmayetānāmayaḥ pitṛloke syām iti\_ \[ed. śukaharitaṃ, corr. Patyal\] etena ha vai yamo 'muṣmiṃl loka ārdhnot pitṛloka evārdhnoti tvāṣṭraṃ vaḍavam ālabheta prajākāmaḥ prajāpatir vai prajāḥ sisṛkṣamāṇaḥ sa dvitīyaṃ mithunaṃ nāvindat \[ed. sisṛksamāṇaḥ, corrected p. 302; Patyal: read nāvindata?\] sa tvāṣṭraṃ vaḍavam apaśyat tvaṣṭā hi rūpāṇāṃ prajanayitā tena prajā asṛjata - [Previous: 2.1.26col](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.1.26col) - [Next: 2.2.1x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.1x) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.1) · Pramāṇa