[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) › 2.3.16 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.16 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.16) atha śaṃsāvom iti stotriyāyānurūpāyokthamukhāya paridhānīyāyā iti catuścatur āhvayante catasro vai diśaḥ\_ \[ed. casasro\] dikṣu tat pratitiṣṭhanti\_ atho catuṣpādaḥ paśavaḥ paśūnām āptyai\_ atho catuṣparvāṇo hi prātaḥsavane hotrakās tasmāc catuḥ sarve gāyatrāṇi śaṃsanti gāyatraṃ hi prātaḥsavanam\_ sarve samavatībhiḥ paridadhati tad yat samavatībhiḥ paridadhati anto vai paryāsaḥ\_ anta udarkaḥ\_ antenaivāntaṃ paridadhati sarve madvatībhir yajanti tad yan madvatībhir yajanti sarve sutavatībhiḥ pītavatībhir abhirūpābhir yajanti yad yajñe 'bhirūpaṃ tat samṛddham\_ sarve 'nuvaṣaṭkurvanti sviṣṭakṛtvānuvaṣaṭkāraḥ\_ net sviṣṭakṛtam antarayāmeti\_ ayaṃ vai lokaḥ prātaḥsavanam\_ tasya pañca diśaḥ pañcokthāni prātaḥsavanasya sa etaiḥ pañcabhir ukthair etāḥ pañca diśa āpnoty etāḥ pañca diśa āpnoti || 16 || - [Previous: 2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.15) - [Next: 2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.17) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.382) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7155) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.16) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.16) · Pramāṇa