[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) › 2.5.15 # Gopathabrahmana 2.5.15 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.15) yaḥ śvastotriyas tam adyastotriyasyānurūpaṃ kurvanti prātaḥsavane\_ ahīnam eva tat saṃtanvanti\_ ahīnasya saṃtatyai ta ete hotrakāḥ prātaḥsavane ṣaḍahastotriyaṃ śastvā mādhyaṃdine 'hīnasūktāni śaṃsanti\_ \<ā satyo yātu maghavāṃ ṛjīṣī \[ṚV 4.16.1, ŚS 20.77.1\]\>\_iti satyavān maitrāvaruṇaḥ\_ \[ed. satyavan, corr. Patyal\] \\_iti brāhmaṇācchaṃsī \<śāsad vahnir duhitur naptyaṃ gāt \[ṚV 3.31.1\]\>\_ity acchāvākas tad āhuḥ kasmād acchāvāko vahnivad etat sūktam ubhayatra śaṃsati sa parākṣu caivāhaḥsvarvākṣu ceti vīryavān vā eṣa bahvṛco yad acchāvākaḥ\_ vahati ha vai vahnir dhuro yāsu yujyate tasmād acchāvāko vahnivad etat sūktam ubhayatra śaṃsati sa parākṣu caivāhaḥsvarvākṣu ceti tāni pañcasv ahaḥsu śasyante caturviṃśe 'bhijiti viṣuvati viśvajiti mahāvrate tāny etāny ahīnasūktānīty ācakṣate na hy eṣu kiṃ cana hīyate parāñci ha vā etāny ahāny anabhyāvartīni bhavanti tasmād etāny eteṣv ahaḥsu śasyante yad etāni śaṃsanti tat svargasya lokasya rūpam\_ yad vevaitāni śaṃsantīndram evaitair nirhvayante yatharṣabhaṃ vāśitāyai te vai devāś carṣayaś cābruvant samānena yajñaṃ saṃtanvāmahā iti \[ed. cābruvaṃt\] tad etad yajñasya samānam apaśyan\_ samānān pragāthānt samānīḥ pratipadaḥ samānāni sūktāni\_ \[ed. pragāthāṃt\] okaḥsārī vā indraḥ\_ yatra vā indraḥ pūrvaṃ gacchati gacchaty eva tatrāparam\_ - [Previous: 2.5.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.14_2) - [Next: 2.5.15x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.15x) - [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.6.18) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1631) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13.15) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.15) · Pramāṇa