[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) › 2.3.18 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.18 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.18) agnīdhe 'gre dadāti yajñamukhaṃ vā agnīt\_ yajñamukhenaiva tad yajñamukhaṃ samardhayati brahmaṇe dadāti prājāpatyo vai brahmā prajāpatim eva tayā prīṇāti\_ ṛtvigbhyo dadāti hotrā eva tayā prīṇāti sadasyebhyo dadāti somapīthaṃ tayā niṣkrīṇīte na hi tasmā arhati somapīthaṃ tayā niṣkrīṇīyāt\_ yāṃ śruśruvuṣa ārṣeyāya dadāti devaloke tayārdhnoti yām aśruśruvuṣe 'nārṣeyāya dadāti manuṣyaloke tayārdhnoti yām aprasṛptāya dadāti vanaspatas tayā prathante yāṃ yācamānāya dadāti bhrātṛvyaṃ tayā jinvīte yāṃ bhīṣā kṣatraṃ tayā brahmātīyāt\_ yāṃ pratinudante sā vyāghrī dakṣiṇā yas tāṃ punaḥ pratigṛhṇīyād vyāghry enaṃ bhūtvā pravlīnīyāt\_ anyayā saha pratigṛhṇīyāt\_ atha hainaṃ na pravlīnāti || 18 || - [Previous: 2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.17) - [Next: 2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.19) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.18) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.18) · Pramāṇa