[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) › 2.2.5 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.5 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.5) makha ity etad yajñanāmadheyaṃ chidrapratiṣedhasāmarthyāt\_ chidraṃ kham ity uktam\_ tasya meti pratiṣedhaḥ\_ mā chidraṃ kariṣyatīti chidro hi yajño bhinna ivodadhir visravati tad vai khalu chidraṃ bhavaty ṛtvigyajamānavimānād vā\_ api vaiṣāṃ vyapekṣayā mantrakalpabrāhmaṇānām aprayogād yathoktānāṃ vā dakṣiṇānām apradānād dhīnād vātiriktād votpātādbhuteṣu prāyaścittavyatikramād iti\_ etad vai sarvaṃ brahmaṇy arpitam\_ brahmaiva vidvān yad bhṛgvaṅgirovit samyag adhīyānaś caritabrahmacaryo 'nyūnānatiriktāṅgo 'pramatto yajñaṃ rakṣati tasya pramādād yadi vāpy asāṃnidhyād yathā bhinnā naur agādhe mahaty udake saṃplaven matsyakacchapaśiṃśumāranakramakarapurīkayajaṣarajasapiśācānāṃ bhāgadheyaṃ bhavaty evamādīnāṃ cānyeṣāṃ vinaṣṭopajīvinām evaṃ khalv api yajñaś chinnabhinno 'padhvasta utpātādbhuto bahulo 'tharvabhir asaṃskṛto 'suragandharvayakṣarakṣasapiśācānāṃ bhāgadheyaṃ bhavaty evamādīnāṃ cānyeṣāṃ vinaṣṭopajīvināṃ tad api ślokāḥ chinnabhinno 'padhvasto viśruto bahudhā makhaḥ | iṣṭāpūrtadraviṇaṃgṛhya yajamānasyāvāpatat || ṛtvijāṃ ca vināśāya rājño janapadasya ca | saṃvatsaraviriṣṭaṃ tad yatra yajño viriṣyate || \[ed. viraṣyate, corrected p. 302\] dakṣiṇāpravaṇībhūto yajño dakṣiṇataḥ smṛtaḥ | hīnāṅgo rakṣasāṃ bhāgo brahmavedād asaṃskṛtaḥ || catuṣpāt sakalo yajñaś cāturhautravinirmitaḥ | caturvidhai sthito mantrair ṛtvigbhir vedapāragaiḥ || prāyaścittair anudhyānair anujñānānumantraṇaiḥ | homaiś ca yajñavibhraṃśaṃ sarvaṃ brahmā prapūrayed || iti tasmād yajamāno bhṛgvaṅgirovidam eva tatra brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇīyāt sa hi yajñaṃ tārayatīti brāhmaṇam || 5 || - [Previous: 2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.4) - [Next: 2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.6) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) ## Linked texts (3) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.172) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.657) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.5) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.5) · Pramāṇa