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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 ### [2.4.2x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2x) praty evābhimṛśante ### [2.4.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2_2) nāpyāyayanti ### [2.4.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.2_3) na hy anārāśaṃsāḥ sīdanti || 2 || ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.3) \\_\\_ity acchāvākasya stotriyānurūpau\_ \\_iti bārhataḥ pragāthas tasyoktaṃ brāhmaṇam\_ \\_ity ukthamukham \\_iti paryāsas tasya daśamīm uddharati ghorasya vā āṅgirasasyaitad ārṣaṃ ned yajñaṃ nirdahec chasyamānam\_ \\_iti yajati\_ etām eva tad devatāṃ yathābhāgaṃ prīṇāti vaṣaṭkṛtyānuvaṣaṭkaroti praty evābhimṛśante nāpyāyayanti na hy anārāśaṃsāḥ sīdanti || 3 || ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.4) athādhvaryo śaṃsāvom iti stotriyāyānurūpāya pragāthāyokthamukhāya paridhānīyāyā iti pañca kṛtva āhvayante pañcapadā paṅktiḥ pāṅkto yajñaḥ sarva aindrāṇi traiṣṭubhāni śaṃsanti\_ aindraṃ hi traiṣṭubhaṃ mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam\_ sarve samavatībhiḥ paridadhati tad yat samavatībhiḥ paridadhaty anto vai paryāso 'nta udarkaḥ\_ antenaivāntaṃ paridadhati sarve madvatībhir yajanti tad yan madvatībhir yajanti sarve sutavatībhiḥ pītavatībhir abhirūpābhir yajanti yad yajñe 'bhirūpaṃ tat samṛddham\_ sarve 'nuvaṣaṭkurvanti sviṣṭakṛtvānuvaṣaṭkāraḥ\_ net svikṛta antarayāmeti\_ antarikṣaloko mādhyaṃdinaṃ savanam\_ tasya pañca diśaḥ pañcokthāni mādhyaṃdinasya savanasya sa etaiḥ pañcabhir ukthair etāḥ pañca diśa āpnoty etāḥ pañca diśa āpnoti || 4 || ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.5) atha yadaupāsanaṃ tṛtīyasavana upāsyante pitṝn eva tena prīṇāti\_ upāṃśu pātnīvatasyāgnīdhro yajati reto vai pātnīvataḥ\_ upāṃśv iva vai retaḥ sicyate tan nānuvaṣaṭkaroti ned retaḥ siktaṃ saṃsthāpayānīti\_ asaṃsthitam iva vai retaḥ siktaṃ samṛddham\_ saṃsthā vā eṣā yad anuvaṣaṭkāras tasmān nānuvaṣaṭkaroti neṣṭur upasthe dhiṣṇyānte vāsīno bhakṣayati patnībhājanaṃ vai neṣṭā\_ agnīt patnīṣu reto dhatte retasaḥ siktāḥ prajāḥ prajāyante prajānāṃ prajananāya prajāvān prajanayiṣṇur bhavati prajātyai prajāyate prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda || 5 || ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.6) atha śākalāñ juhvati tad yathāhir jīrṇāyās tvaco nirmucyeteṣīkā vā muñjād evaṃ haivaite sarvasmāt pāpmanaḥ saṃpramucyante ye śākalāñ juhvati droṇakalaśe dhānā bhavanti tāsāṃ hastair ādadhati paśavo vai dhānās tā āhavanīyasya bhasmānte nivapanti yonir vai paśūnām āhapanīyaḥ sva evaināṃs tad goṣṭhe nirapakrame nidadhati\_ atha savyāvṛto 'psu somān āpyāyayanti tān hāntarvedyāṃ sādayanti tad dhi somasyāyatanam\_ cātvālād apareṇādhvaryuś camasān adbhiḥ pūrayitvodīcaḥ prāṇidhāya haritāni tṛṇāni vyavadadhāti yadā vā āpaś cauṣadhayaś ca saṃgacchante 'tha kṛtsnaḥ somaḥ saṃpadyate tā vaiṣṇavy arcā ninayanti yajño vai viṣṇuḥ\_ yajña evainam antataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati\_ atha yadbhakṣaḥ pratinidhiṃ kurvanti mānuṣenaivainaṃ tad bhakṣeṇa daivaṃ bhakṣam antardadhati || 6 || ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.7) pūtir vā eṣo 'muṣmiṃl loke 'dhvaryuṃ ca yajamānaṃ cābhivahati tad yad enaṃ dadhnānabhihutyāvabhṛtham upahareyur yathā kuṇapaṃ vāty evam evainaṃ tat karoti\_ atha yad enaṃ dadhnābhihutyāvabhṛtham upaharanti sarvam evainaṃ sayoniṃ saṃtanute samṛddhiṃ saṃbharanti\_ \\_iti juhoti sarvam evainaṃ saparvāṇaṃ saṃbharati \[ed. avainaṃ\] tisṛbhis trivṛd dhi yajñaḥ\_ drapsavatībhir abhijuhoti sarvam evainaṃ sarvāṅgaṃ saṃbharati saumībhir abhijuhoti sarvam evainaṃ sātmānaṃ saṃbharati pañcabhir abhijuhoti pāṅkto yajñaḥ\_ yajñam evāvarunddhe pāṅktaḥ puruṣaḥ puruṣam evāpnoti pāṅktāḥ paśavaḥ paśuṣv eva pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhirya evaṃ veda || 7 || ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.8) agnir vāva yama iyaṃ yamī kusīdaṃ vā etad yamasya yajamāna ādatte yad oṣadhībhir vediṃ stṛṇāti tāṃ yad anupoṣya prayāyād yātayerann enam amuṣmiṃl loke yame yat kusīdam \ iti vedim upoṣati\_ ihaiva sanyamaṃ kusīdaṃ niravadāyānṛṇo bhūtvā svargaṃ lokam eti \\_ity āha hotādvā yajamānasyāparābhāvāya yad u miśram iva caranty añjalinā saktūn pradāvye juhuyāt\_ eṣa ha vā agnir vaiśvānaro yat pradāvyaḥ svasyām evainaṃ tad yonyāṃ sādayati || 8 || ### [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\_ ### [2.4.9x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.9x) eṣa ha vā agner yoniḥ ### [2.4.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.9_2) svasyām evainaṃ tad yonyāṃ sādayati || 9 || ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10) yo ha vā agniṣṭomaṃ sāhnaṃ vedāgniṣṭomasya sāhnasya sāyujyaṃ salokatām aśnute ya evaṃ veda yo ha vā eṣa tapaty eṣo 'gniṣṭoma eṣa sāhnas taṃ sahaivāhnā saṃsthāpayeyuḥ sāhno vai nāmaiṣaḥ\_ tenāsaṃtvaramāṇāś careyuḥ\_ yad dha vā idaṃ pūrvayoḥ savanayor asaṃtvaramāṇāś caranti tasmād dhedaṃ prācyo grāmatā bahulāviṣṭāḥ\_ atha yad dhedaṃ tṛtīyasavane saṃtvaramāṇāś caranti tasmād dhedaṃ pratyañci dīrghāraṇyāni bhavanti yathaiva prātaḥsavana evaṃ mādhyaṃdine savana evaṃ tṛtīyasavane\_ evam u ha yajamāno 'pramāyuko bhavati tenāsaṃtvaramāṇāś careyuḥ\_ yadā vā eṣa prātar udety atha mandratamaṃ tapati tasmān mandratamayā vācā prātaḥsavane śaṃset\_ atha yadābhyety atha balīyas tapati tasmād balīyasyā vācā mādhyaṃdine savane śaṃset\_ atho yadābhitarām ety atho baliṣṭhatamaṃ tapati tasmād baliṣṭhatamayā vācā tṛtīyasavane śaṃset\_ evaṃ śaṃsed yadi vāca īśīta vāg ghi śastram\_ yayā tu vacottariṇyottariṇyotsaheta samāpanāya tayā pratipadyeta\_ etat suśastataram iva bhavati sa vā eṣa na kadā canāstam ayati nodayati tad yad enaṃ paścād astam ayatīti manyante 'hna eva tad antaṃ gatvāthātmānaṃ viparyasyate\_ ahar evādhastāt kṛṇute rātrīṃ parastāt ### [2.4.10x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10x) sa vā eṣa na kadā canāstam ayati nodayati ### [2.4.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10_2) tad yad enaṃ purastād udayatīti manyate rātrer eva tad antaṃ gatvāthātmānaṃ viparyasyate ### [2.4.10\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10_3) rātrim evādhastāt kṛṇute 'haḥ parastāt ### [2.4.10\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10_4) sa vā eṣa na kadā canāstam ayati nodayati ### [2.4.10\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10_5) na ha vai kadā cana nimrucati\_ ### [2.4.10\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.10_6) etasya ha sāyujyaṃ salokatām aśnute ya evaṃ veda || 10 || ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.11) athāta ekāhasyaiva tṛtīyasavanam\_ devāsurā vā eṣu lokeṣu samayatanta te devā asurān abhyajayam\_ te jitā ahorātrayoḥ saṃdhiṃ samabhyavāguḥ sa hendra uvāceme vā asurā ahorātrayoḥ saṃdhiṃ samabhyavāguḥ kaś cāhaṃ cemān asurān abhyutthāsyāmahā iti\_ ahaṃ cety agnir abravīt\_ ahaṃ ceti varuṇaḥ\_ ahaṃ ceti bṛhaspatiḥ\_ ahaṃ ceti viṣṇus tān abhyutthāyāhorātrayoḥ saṃdher nirjaghnuḥ\_ yad abhyutthāyāhorātrayoḥ saṃdher nirjaghnus tasmād utthā abhyutthāya ha vai dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ nirhanti ya evaṃ veda so 'gnir aśvo bhūtvā prathamaḥ prajigāya yad agnir aśvo bhūtvā prathamaḥ prajigāaya tasmād āgneyībhir ukthāni praṇayanti yad agnir aśvo bhūtvā prathamaḥ prajigāya tasmāt sākam aśvam\_ yat pañca devatā abhyuttasthus tasmāt pañca devatā ukthe śasyante yā vāk so 'gniḥ\_ yaḥ prāṇaḥ sa varuṇaḥ\_ yan manaḥ sa indraḥ\_ yac cakṣuḥ sa bṛhaspatiḥ\_ yac chrotraṃ sa viṣṇuḥ\_ ete ha vā etān pañcabhiḥ prāṇaiḥ samīryodasthāpayan\_ \[ed. samīryudasthāpayan, corr. Patyal\] ### [2.4.11x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.11x) tasmād u evaitāḥ pañca devatā ukthe śasyante || 11 || ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.12) prajāpatir hy etebhyaḥ pañcabhyaḥ prāṇebhyo 'nyān devān sasṛje yad u cedaṃ kiṃ ca pāṅktam\_ tat sṛṣṭvā vyājvalayat te hocur devā mlāno 'yaṃ pitā mayobhūḥ \[ed. pitāmayo 'bhūḥ, corr. Patyal\] punar imaṃ samīryotthāpayāmeti sa ha sattvam ākhyāyābhyupatiṣṭhate yadi ha vā api nirṇiktasyaiva kulasya saṃdhyukṣeṇa yajate sattvaṃ haivākhyāyābhyupatiṣṭate yo vai prajāpatiḥ sa yajñaḥ sa etair eva pañcabhiḥ prāṇaiḥ samīryotthāpitaḥ\_ ye ha vā enaṃ pañcabhiḥ prāṇaiḥ samīryotthāpayan\_ tā u evaitāḥ pañca devatā ukthe śasyante || 12 || ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.13) tad āhur yad dvayor devatayo stuvata indrāgnyor ity atha kasmād bhūyiṣṭhā devatā ukthe śasyanta iti\_ \[ed. bhūyiṣṭho, corr. Patyal\] anto vā āgnimārutam antar ukthāny anta āśvinam\_ kanīyasīṣu devatāsu stuvate tiṣṭheti\_ atha kasmād bhūyiṣṭho devatā ukthe śasyanta iti dve dve ukthamukhe bhavatas tad yad dve dve || 13 || ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.14) atha yad aindrāvāruṇaṃ maitrāvarusyokthaṃ bhavaty aindrābārhaspatyaṃ brāhmaṇācchaṃsina ukthaṃ bhavaty aindrāvaiṣṇāvam acchāvākasyokthaṃ bhavati dve saṃśasyaṃsta aindraṃ ca vāruṇaṃ caikam aindrāvāruṇaṃ bhavati dve saṃśasyaṃsta aindraṃ ca bārhaspatyaṃ caikam aindrābārhaspatyaṃ bhavati dve saṃśasyaṃsta aindraṃ ca vaiṣṇavaṃ caikam aindrāvaiṣṇavaṃ bhavati dve dve ukthamukhe bhavatas tad yad dve dve || 14 || ### [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 ### [2.4.15x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.15x) praty evābhimṛśante ### [2.4.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.15_2) nāpyāyayanti na hy anārāśaṃsāḥ sīdanti || 15 || ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16) atha yad aindrābārhaspatyaṃ brāhmaṇācchaṃsina ukthaṃ bhavati\_\ ity ṛcābhyanūktam\_ madvad dhi tṛtīyasavanam\_ \ \\_iti brāhmaṇācchaṃsina stotriyānurūpau \\_ity ukthamukham aindrājāgatam\_ jāgatāḥ paśavaḥ paśūnām āptyai jāgatam u vai tṛtīyasavanam\_ tṛtīyasavanasya rūpam \\_iti bārhaspatyaṃ sāṃśaṃsikam ahaṃ ceti bṛhaspatir abravīt\_ devatayoḥ saṃśaṃsāyanatiśaṃsāya\_ \\_iti paryāsa aindrābārhaspatyaḥ\_ aindrābārhaspatyam asyaitan nityam uktham\_ tad etat svasminn āyatane svasyāṃ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati dvandvaṃ vā etā devatā bhūtvā vyajayanta vijityā eva\_ atho dvandvasyaiva mithunasya prajātyai \\_ity aindrābārhaspatyā paridadhāti\_ indrābṛhaspatyor eva yajñaṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati\_ \\_iti sarvābhya eva digbhya āśiṣam āśāste nārtvī yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayate so 'smai kāmaḥ samṛdhyate ya evaṃ veda yaś caivaṃvidvān brāhmaṇācchaṃsy etayā paridadhāti \[ed. etasyā, corr. Patyal; ed. brāhmaṇācchaṃy\] ### [2.4.16x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16x) \\_iti yajati\_ ### [2.4.16\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16_2) ete eva tad devate yathābhāgaṃ prīṇāti ### [2.4.16\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16_3) vaṣaṭkṛtyānuvaṣaṭkaroti ### [2.4.16\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16_4) praty evābhimṛśante ### [2.4.16\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16_5) nāpyāyayanti ### [2.4.16\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.16_6) na hy anārāśaṃsāḥ sīdanti || 16 || ### [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 || ### [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\_ ### [2.4.18x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18x) asau vai lokas tṛtīyasavanam\_ ### [2.4.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18_2) tasya pañca diśaḥ ### [2.4.18\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18_3) pañcokthāni tṛtīyasavanasya ### [2.4.18\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18_4) sa etaiḥ pañcabhir ukthair etāḥ pañca diśa āpnoti ### [2.4.18\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.18_5) tad yad eṣāṃ lokānāṃ rūpaṃ yā mātrā tena rūpeṇa tayā mātrayemāṃl lokān ṛdhnotīmāṃl lokān ṛdhnotīti || 18 || ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.19) tad āhuḥ kiṃ ṣoḍaśinaḥ ṣoḍaśitvam\_ ṣoḍaśa stotrāṇi ṣoḍaśa śastrāṇi ṣoḍaśabhir akṣarair ādatte dve vā akṣare atiricyete ṣoḍaśino 'nuṣṭubham abhisaṃpannasya vāco vā etau stanau satyānṛte vāva te avaty enaṃ satyaṃ nainam anṛtaṃ hinasti ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda || 19 || \[ed. veda ya evaṃ vei\] ### [2.4.19col](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4.19col) ity atharvavede gopathabrāhmaṇottarabhāge caturthaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ || ## Linked texts (8) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.3.44) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.8.13.4) — Sanskrit - [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.482) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12.1-2) — Brahmā, Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7397) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3998) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [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 - [Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitareya.3.p2401) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.4) · Pramāṇa