[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) › 2.3.8 # Gopathabrahmana 2.3.8 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.8) tad āhur yad dhotā yakṣad dhotā yakṣad iti maitrāvaruṇo hotre preṣyaty atha kasmād ahotṛbhyaḥ sadbhyo hotrāśaṃsibhyo hotā yakṣad dhotā yakṣad iti preṣyatīti vāg vai hotā vāk sarva ṛtvijaḥ\_ vāg yakṣad vāg yakṣad iti\_ atho sarve vā ete sapta hotāro 'pi vā ṛcābhyuditaṃ sapta hotāra ṛtuthā yajantīti\_ atha ya upariṣṭād dvādaśarcajāmitāyai te vai dvādaśa bhavanti dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ \[ed. dvadaśa, corr. Patyal\] saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatir yajñaḥ sa yo 'tra bhakṣayed yas taṃ tatra brūyād aśānto bhakṣo 'nanuvaṣaṭkṛta ātmānam antaragān na jīviṣyatīti tathā ha syāt\_ \[ed. 'nānuvaṣaṭkṛta, corr. Patyal\] yo vai bhakṣayet prāṇo bhakṣaḥ prāṇa ātmānam antaragād iti tathaiva bhavati limped ivaivāvajighred atra ca dvidevatyeṣu ceti tad u tatra śāsanaṃ vedayante\_ atha yad abhū vyabhicarato nānyonyam anuprapadyete adhvaryū tasmād ṛtur ṛtuṃ nānuprapadyate || 8 || - [Previous: 2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.7) - [Next: 2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.9) - [Up: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3) ## Linked texts (4) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.7.39) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.15.9) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.13.9) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.8) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.3.8) · Pramāṇa