[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) › 2.4.15 # Gopathabrahmana 2.4.15 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.15) atha yad aindrāvaruṇaṃ maitrāvaruṇasyokthaṃ bhavati\_\\_ity ṛcābhyanūktam\_ madvad dhi tṛtīyasavanam \\_\<āgnir agāmi bhārataḥ \[ṚV 6.16.19\]\>\_iti maitrāvaruṇasya stotriyānurūpau \ ity ukthamukham\_ tasyopariṣṭād brāhmaṇam \\_iti vāruṇaṃ sāṃśaṃsikam \[ed. astabhnādyām, corrected p. 302\] ahaṃ ceti varuṇo 'bravīt\_ devatayoḥ saṃśaṃsāyān atiśaṃsāya\_ \\_iti paryāsa aindrāvaruṇe aindrāvaruṇam asyaitan nityam uktham\_ tad etat svasminn āyatane svasyāṃ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati dvandvaṃ vā etā devatā bhūtvā vyajayanta vijityā eva\_ atho dvandvasyaiva mithunasya prajātyai saikapādinī bhavati\_ ekapādinyā hotā paridadhāti yatra hotur hotrakāṇāṃ yuñjanti tat samṛddham\_ tad vai khalv \<ā vāṃ rājānāv adhvare vavṛtyām \[ṚV 7.84.1\]\> iti\_ \[ed. āvāṃ, corrected p. 303\] evam eva kevalaparyāsaṃ kuryāt kevalasūktam\_ kevalasūktam evottarayor bhavati\_ \\_iti yajati\_ ete eva tad devate yathābhāgaṃ prīṇāti vaṣaṭkṛtyānuvaṣaṭkaroti - [Previous: 2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.14) - [Next: 2.4.15x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.15x) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4) ## Linked texts (2) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.6.68.11) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.12.15-2) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.935) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.15) · Pramāṇa