[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) › 2.4.17 # Gopathabrahmana 2.4.17 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.17) atha yad aindrāvaiṣṇavam acchāvākasyokthaṃ bhavati\_\\_ity ṛcābhyanūktam\_ \[ed. acchāvākasyoktaṃ\] madvad dhi tṛtīyasavanam \\_\\_ity acchāvākasya stotriyānurūpau\_ \<ṛtur janitrī tasyā apas pari \[ṚV 2.13.1\]\>\_ity ukthamukham\_ tasyoktaṃ brāhmaṇam\_ \\_iti vaiṣṇavaṃ sāṃśaṃsikam \[ed. sāṃśaṃsikaṃm\] ahaṃ ceti viṣṇur abravīt\_ devatayoḥ saṃśaṃsāyānatiśaṃsāya \\_iti paryāsa aindrāvaiṣṇavaḥ\_ aindrāvaiṣṇavam asyaitan nityam uktham\_ \[ed. ukhaṃ\] tad etat svasminn āyatane svasyāṃ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati dvandvaṃ vā etā devatā bhūtvā vyajayanta vijityā eva\_ atho dvandvasyaiva mithunasya prajātyai\_ \ ity aindrāvaiṣṇavyarcā paridadhāti\_ indrāviṣṇor eva yajñaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati\_ \\_iti yajati\_ ete eva tad devate yathābhāgaṃ prīṇāti vaṣaṭkṛtyānuvaṣaṭkaroti praty evābhimṛśante nāpyāyayanti na hy anārāśaṃsāḥ sīdanti || 17 || - [Previous: 2.4.16\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16_6) - [Next: 2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4) ## Linked texts (3) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.8.13.4) — Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.644) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.17-2) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.17) · Pramāṇa