[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) › 2.4.9 # Gopathabrahmana 2.4.9 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.9) ahnāṃ vidhānyām ekāṣṭakāyām apūpaṃ catuḥśarāvaṃ paktvā prātaretena kakṣam upoṣet\_ yadi dahati puṇyasamaṃ bhavati yati na dahati pāpasamaṃ bhavati\_ etena ha sma vā aṅgirasaḥ purā vijñānena dīrghasatttram upayanti yo ha vā upadraṣṭāram upaśrotāram anukhyātāram eva vidvān yajate sam amuṣmiṃl loka iṣṭāpūrtena gacchate\_ agnir vā upadraṣṭā vāyur vā upaśrotā\_ ādityo vā anukhyātā tān ya evaṃvidvān yajate sam amuṣmiṃl loka iṣṭāpūrtena gacchate\_ \\_ity āha\_ agnir vai nabhasas patiḥ\_ agnim eva tad āhaitaṃ no gopāyeti \\_ity āha vāyur vai nabhasas patiḥ\_ vāyum eva tad āhaitaṃ no gopāyeti \\_ity āha\_ ādityo vai devaḥ saṃsphānaḥ\_ ādityam eva tad āhaitaṃ no gopāyeti\_ \\_ity araṇyor agniṃ samāropayet tad āhur yad araṇyoḥ samārūḍho naśyed ud asyāgniḥ sīdet punarādheyaḥ syād iti yā te agne yajñiyā tanūs tayā me hy āroha tayā me hy āviśa\_ ayaṃ te yonir ity ātmann agnīn samāropayet\_ - [Previous: 2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.8) - [Next: 2.4.9x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.9x) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4) ## Linked texts (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.803) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.8-3) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.9) · Pramāṇa