[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) › 2.5.12 # Gopathabrahmana 2.5.12 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.12) athāta ārambhaṇīyā eva \<ṛjunītī no varuṇa\> iti maitrāvaruṇasya \ iti praṇetā vā eṣa hotrakāṇāṃ yan maitrāvaruṇas tasmād eṣā praṇetṛmatī bhavati\_ \[ed. praṇetrimatī, corr. Patyal\] \\_ iti brāhmaṇācchaṃsinaḥ\_ \\_itīndram evaitayāharahar nirhvayante na haivaiṣāṃ vihave 'nya indraṃ vṛṅkte yatraivaṃvidvān brāhmaṇācchaṃsy etām aharahaḥ śaṃsati \\_ity acchāvākasya\_ \\_itīndrāgnī evaitayāharahar nirhvayante na haivaiṣāṃ vihave 'nya indrāgnī vṛṅkte yatraivaṃvidvān acchāvāka etām aharahaḥ śaṃsati tā vā etāḥ svargasya lokasya nāvaḥ saṃtāraṇyaḥ svargam evaitābhir lokam anusaṃtaranti || 12 || - [Previous: 2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.11) - [Next: 2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.13) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.6) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1715) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13.12) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.12) · Pramāṇa