[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) › 2.3.1 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.1 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.1) oṃ devapātraṃ vai vaṣaṭkāraḥ\_ yad vaṣaṭkaroti devapātreṇaiva tad devatās tarpayati\_ atho yad ābhitṛṣyantīr abhisaṃsthaṃ tarpayaty evam eva tad devatās tarpayati yad anuvaṣaṭkaroti tad yathaivādo 'śvān vā gā vā punarabhyākāraṃ tarpayaty evam eva tad devatās tarpayati yad anuvaṣaṭkaroti\_ imān evāgnīn upāsata ity āhur dhiṣṇyān atha kasmāt pūrvasminn evāgnau juhvati pūrvasmin vaṣaṭkaroti yad eva somasyāgne vīhīty anuvaṣaṭkaroti tenaiva vaṣaṭkaroti dhiṣṇyān prīṇāti\_ atha saṃsthitān somān bhakṣayantīty āhur yeṣāṃ nānuvaṣaṭkaroti tad āhuḥ ko nu somasya sviṣṭakṛdbhāga iti yad eva somasyāgne vīhīty anuvaṣaṭkaroti tenaiva saṃsthitān somān bhakṣayantīty āhuḥ sa u eṣa somasya sviṣṭakṛdbhāgo yad anuvaṣaṭkaroti || 1 || - [Previous: 2.2.24col](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.2.24col) - [Next: 2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.2) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p1497) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.1) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.1) · Pramāṇa