[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) › 2.4.2 # Gopathabrahmana 2.4.2 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2) \ \ iti brāhmaṇācchaṃsina stotriyānurūpau\_ \\_iti bārhataḥ pragāthaḥ paśavo vai pragāthaḥ paśavaḥ svaraḥ paśūnām āptyai\_ ato madhyaṃ vai sarveṣāṃ chandasāṃ bṛhatī madhyaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanānām\_ tan madhyenaiva madhyaṃ samardhayati\_ \\_ity ukthamukham \\_iti paryāsaḥ\_ \ iti paridadhāti \\_iti\_ annaṃ vā arkaḥ\_ annādyam evāsmai tat paridadhāti \\_iti annaṃ vā arkaḥ\_iti prajāṃ caivāsmai tat paśūṃś cāśāste \\_iti svastimatī rūpasamṛddhā etad vai yajñasya samṛddhaṃ yad rūpasamṛddhaṃ yat karma kriyamāṇam ṛgyajurvābhivadati svasti tasya yajñasya pāram aśnute ya evaṃ veda yaś caivaṃvidvān brāhmaṇācchaṃsy etayā paridadhāti\_ \<ṛjīṣī vajrī vṛṣabhas turāṣāṭ \[ṚV 5.40.4, ŚS 20.12.7\]\>\_iti yajati\_ \[ed. ṛjiṣī, corrected p. 302\] etām eva tad devatāṃ yathābhāgaṃ prīṇāti vaṣaṭkṛtyānuvaṣaṭkaroti - [Previous: 2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.1) - [Next: 2.4.2x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2x) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4) ## Linked texts (3) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1713) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.44) — R. S. Sharma, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.2-3) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2) · Pramāṇa