[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) › 2.3.19 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.19 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.19) yad gāṃ dadāti vaiśvadevī vai gauḥ\_ viśveṣām eva tad devānāṃ tena priyaṃ dhāmopaiti yad ajaṃ dadāty āgneyo vā ajaḥ\_ agner eva tena priyaṃ dhāmopaiti yad aviṃ dadāty āvyaṃ tenāvajayati yat kṛtānnaṃ dadāti māṃsaṃ tena niṣkrīṇīte yad ano vā ratho vā dadāti śarīraṃ tena yad vāso dadāti brṛhaspatiṃ tena yad dhiraṇyaṃ dadāty āyus tena varṣīyaḥ kurute yad aśvaṃ dadāti sauryo vā aśvaḥ sūryasyaiva tena priyaṃ dhāmopaiti\_ antataḥ pratihartre deyam\_ raudrau vai pratihartā rudram eva tan niravajayati yan madhyataḥ pratihartre dadyān madhyato rudram anvavayajet svarbhānur vā āsuraḥ sūryaṃ tamasāvidhyat tad atrir apanunoda tad atrir anvapaśyat\_ yad ātreyāya hiraṇyaṃ dadāti tama eva tenāpahate\_ atho jyotir upariṣṭād dhārayati svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai || 19 || - [Previous: 2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.18) - [Next: 2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.20) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c8.104) — A. S. Altekar, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.16-2) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.19) · Pramāṇa