[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) › 2.3.3 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.3 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.3) trayo vai vaṣaṭkārāḥ\_ vajro dhāmacchad riktaḥ sa yad evoccair balaṃ vaṣaṭkaroti sa vajras taṃ taṃ praharati dviṣate bhrātṛvyāya vadhaṃ yo 'sya stṛtyas tasmai starītave tasmāt sa bhrātṛvyavatā vaṣaṭkṛtyaḥ\_ atha yaḥ samaḥ saṃtato nirhāṇacchatsva dhāmacchat taṃ taṃ prajāś ca paśavaś cānūpatiṣṭhante tasmāt sa prajākāmena paśukāmena vaṣaṭkṛtyaḥ\_ atha yenaiva ṣaḍ aparādhnoti sa riktaḥ\_ riṇakty ātmānaṃ riṇakti yajamānam\_ pāpīyān vaṣaṭkartā bhavati pāpīyān yasmai vaṣaṭkaroti tasmāt tasyāśāṃ neyāt kiṃ svit sa yajamānasya pāpabhadram ādriyeteti ha smāha yo 'sya vaṣaṭkartā bhavati\_ atraivainaṃ yathā kāmayeta tathā kuryāt\_ yaṃ kāmayeta yathaivānījāno 'bhūt tathaivejānaḥ syād iti yathaivāsyarcaṃ brūyāt tathaivāsya vaṣaṭkuryāt samānam evainaṃ tat karoti yaṃ kāmayeta pāpīyān syād ity uccaistarām asyarcaṃ brūyān nīcaistarāṃ vaṣaṭkuryāt pāpīyāṃsam evainaṃ tat karoti yaṃ kāmayeta śreyān syād iti nīcaistarām asyarcaṃ brūyād uccaistarāṃ vaṣaṭkuryāt\_ śreyāṃsam evainaṃ tat karoti śriya evainaṃ tac chriyam ādadhāti || 3 || - [Previous: 2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.2) - [Next: 2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.4) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.7) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p1527) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.3) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.3) · Pramāṇa