[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) › 2.3.22 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.22 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.22) stotriyaṃ śaṃsati\_ ātmā vai stotriyaḥ sa madhyamayā vācā śaṃstavyaḥ\_ ātmānam evāsya tat kalpayaty anurūpaṃ śaṃsati prajā vā anurūpaḥ\_ tasmāt pratirūpam anurūpaṃ kurvanti pratirūpo haivāsya prajāyām ājāyate nāpratirūpaḥ\_ tasmāt pratirūpam anurūpaṃ kurvanti sa uccaistarām iva śaṃstavyaḥ prajām evāsya tac chreyasīṃ karoti dhāyyāṃ śaṃsati patnī vai dhāyyā sā nīcaistarām iva śaṃstavyā\_ aprativādinī haivāsya gṛheṣu patnī bhavati yatraivaṃvidvān nīcaistarāṃ dhāyyāṃ śaṃsati pragāthaṃ śaṃsati paśavo vai pragāthaḥ saḥ svaravatyā vācā śaṃstavyaḥ paśavo vai pragāthaḥ paśavaḥ svaraḥ paśūnām āptyai sūktaṃ śaṃsati gṛhā vai sūktam\_ prativītam\_ - [Previous: 2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.21) - [Next: 2.3.22x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.22x) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (4) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.24) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.304) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p1919) — Sanskrit - [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c7.240) — J. P. Sharma, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.22) · Pramāṇa