[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) › 2.4.18 # Gopathabrahmana 2.4.18 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18) athādhvaryo śaṃśaṃsāvom iti stotriyāyānurūpāyokthamukhāya paridhānīyāyā iti catuścaturāhvayante catasro vai diśaḥ\_ dikṣu tat pratitiṣṭhante\_ atho catuṣpādaḥ paśavaḥ paśūnām āptyai\_ atho catuṣparvāṇo hi tṛtīyasavane hotrakās tasmāc catuḥ sarve traiṣṭubhaṃ jāgatāni śaṃsanti jāgataṃ hi tṛtīyasavanam atha haitat traiṣṭubhāni\_ apratibhūtam iva hi prātaḥsavane marutvatīye tṛtīyasavane ca hotrakāṇāṃ śastram\_ dhītarasaṃ vā etat savanaṃ yat tṛtīyasavanam atha haitad adhītarasaṃ śukriyaṃ chando yat triṣṭub ayātayāma savanasyaiva tat sarasatāyai sarve samavatībhiḥ paridadhati tad yat samavatībhiḥ paridadhaty anto vai paryāso 'nta udarko 'ntaḥ sajāyā u ha vā avaināya\_ antenaivāntaṃ paridadhati sarve madvatībhir yajanti tad yan madvatībhiryajanti sarve sutavatībhiḥ pītavatībhir abhirūpābhir yajanti yad yajñe 'bhirūpaṃ tat samṛddham\_ sarve 'nuvaṣaṭkurvanti sviṣṭakṛtvānuvaṣaṭkāraḥ\_ net sviṣṭakṛta antarayāmeti\_ - [Previous: 2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.17) - [Next: 2.4.18x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18x) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.648) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18) · Pramāṇa