[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) › 2.2.8 # Gopathabrahmana 2.2.8 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.8) na dvādaśāgniṣṭomasyopasadaḥ syuḥ\_ aśāntā nirmṛjyur na tisro 'hīnasya\_ upariṣṭād yajñakratur garīyān abhiṣīded yathā gurur bhāro grīvā niḥśṛṇīyād ārtim ārchet\_ dvādaśāhīnasya kuryāt pratyuttabdhyai sayatvāya tisro 'gniṣṭomasyopasadaḥ syuḥ śāntyā anirmārgāya te devā asuryān imāṃl lokān nānvavaitum adhṛṣṇuvan\_ tān agninā mukhenānvavāyan yad agnim anty upasadāṃ pratīkāni bhavanti yathā kṣetrapatiḥ kṣetre 'nvavanayaty evam evaitad agninā mukhenemāṃl lokān abhinayanto yanti \[ed. 'nvavanayanty, corr. Patyal\] yo ha vai devān sādhyān veda sidhyaty asmai\_ ime vāva lokā yat sādhyā devāḥ sa ya evam etānt sādhyān veda sidhyaty asmai sidhyaty amuṣmai sidhyaty asmai lokāya ya evaṃvidvān upasadam upaiti || 8 || - [Previous: 2.2.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.7_2) - [Next: 2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.9) - [Up: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11.8) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.8) · Pramāṇa