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# Gopathabrahmana 2.3.5

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.5)

vajro vai vaṣaṭkāraḥ  
sa u eṣa prahṛto 'śānto dīdāya tasya ha na sarva eva śāntiṃ veda no pratiṣṭhām\_  
tasmād dhāpy etarhi bhūyān iva mṛtyus  
tasya haiṣaiva śāntir eṣā pratiṣṭhā yad vāg iti  
vaṣaṭkṛtya vāg ity anumantrayate  
vaṣaṭkāra mā māṃ pramṛkṣo māhaṃ tvāṃ pramṛkṣaṃ bṛhatā mana upahvaye vyānena śarīraṃ pratiṣṭhāsi pratiṣṭhāṃ gaccha pratiṣṭhāṃ mā gamayed iti \[ed. pratiṣṭhīsi, corrected p. 302\]  
tad u smāha dīrgham evaitait sadaprabhv ojaḥ saha oja ity anumantrayeta\_  
ojaś ca ha vai sahaś ca vaṣaṭkārasya priyatame tanvau  
priyābhyām eva tat tanūbhyāṃ samardhayati  
priyayā tanvā samṛdhyate ya evaṃ veda || 5 ||

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## Linked texts (4)

- [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.8) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2636) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p1555) — Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.5) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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