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# Gopathabrahmana 2.3.11

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.11)

athaitan nānā chandāṃsy antareṇa gartā iva\_  
athaite sthaviṣṭhe baliṣṭhe nāntare devate  
tābhyāṃ pratipadyate  
tad gartaskandaṃ rohasya rūpaṃ svargyam\_  
tad anavānaṃ saṃkrāmet\_  
amṛtaṃ vai praṇavaḥ\_  
amṛtenaiva tan mṛtyuṃ tarati  
tad yathā matyena vā vaṃśena vā gartaṃ saṃkrāmed evaṃ tat praṇavenopasaṃtanoti  
brahma ha vai praṇavaḥ\_  
brahmaṇaivāsmai tad brahmopasaṃtanoti  
śuddhaḥ praṇavaḥ syāt prajākāmānām\_  
makārāntaḥ pratiṣṭhākāmānām\_  
makārāntaḥ praṇavaḥ syād iti haika āhuḥ  
śuddha iti tv eva sthitaḥ\_  
mīmāṃsitaḥ praṇavaḥ\_  
athāta iha śuddha iha pūrṇa iti  
śuddhaḥ praṇavaḥ syāt\_  
śastrānuvacanayor madhya iti ha smāha kauṣītakis  
tathā saṃhitaṃ bhavati  
makārānto 'vasānārthe  
pratiṣṭhā vā avasānam\_  
pratiṣṭhityā eva\_  
athobhayoḥ kāmayor āptyai\_

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