[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) › 2.2.4 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.4 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.4) ghṛtaṃ vai devā vajraṃ kṛtvā somam aghnan\_ srucau bāhū tasmāt srucau saumīm āhutiṃ nāśāte avadhīyeta somas tasmāt srucau cājyaṃ cāntikam āhārṣīt\_ antikam iva khalu vā asyaitat pracaranti yat tānūnaptreṇa pracaranti\_ aṃśur aṃśuṣ ṭe deva somāpyāyatām indrāyaikadhanavida ity āha yad evāsyāpavāyate yan mīyate tad evāsyaitenāpyāyayanti\_ ā tubhyam indraḥ pyāyatām ā tvam indrāya pyāyasvety āha\_ ubhāv evendraṃ ca somaṃ cāpyāyayanti\_ āpyāyayāsmānt sakhīnt sanyā medhayā prajayā dhanenety āha\_ ṛtvijo vā etasya sakhāyas tān evāsyaitenāpyāyayanti svasti te deva soma sutyām udṛcam aśīyety āha\_ āśiṣam evaitām āśāste pra vā etasmāl lokāc cyavante ye somam āpyāyayanti\_ antarikṣadevatyo hi soma āpyāyitaḥ\_ eṣṭā rāya eṣṭā vāmāni preṣe bhagāya ṛtam ṛtavādibhyo namo dive namaḥ pṛthivyā iti dyāvāpṛthivībhyām eva namaskṛtyāsmiṃl loke pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati || 4 || - [Previous: 2.2.3\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.3_3) - [Next: 2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.5) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) ## Linked texts (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.4) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.4) · Pramāṇa