[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) › 2.3.17 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.17 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.17) ghnanti vā etat somaṃ yad abhiṣuṇvanti yajñaṃ vā etad dhanti yad dakṣiṇā nīyante yajñaṃ vā etad dakṣayanti tad dakṣiṇānāṃ dakṣiṇātvam\_ svargo vai loko mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam\_ yan mādhyaṃdine savane dakṣiṇā nīyante svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai bahu deyam\_ setuṃ vā etad yajamānaḥ saṃskurute svargasya lokasyākrāntyai prajākrāntyai dvābhyāṃ gārhapatye juhoti\_ adhvaryur asyākrāntenākrāmayati\_ āgneyyāgnīdhrīye\_ antarikṣaṃ tena yan mādhyaṃdine savane dakṣiṇā nīyante svarga etena loke hiraṇyaṃ haste bhavati\_ atha nayati satyaṃ vai hiraṇyam\_ satyenaivainaṃ tan nayati\_ agreṇa gārhapatyaṃ jaghanena sado 'ntarāgnīdhrīyaṃ ca sadaś ca tā udīcīr antarāgnīdhrīyaṃ ca sadaś ca cātvālaṃ cotsṛjanti\_ etena ha sma vā aṅgirasaḥ svargaṃ lokam āyan\_ tā vā etāḥ panthānam abhivahanti || 17 || - [Previous: 2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.16) - [Next: 2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.18) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.413) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.17) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.17) · Pramāṇa