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# Gopathabrahmana 2.5.1

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.1)

om ahar vai devā āśrayanta rātrīm asurās  
te samāvadvīryā evāsan  
no vyāvartanta  
so 'bravīd indraḥ kaś cāhaṃ cemān asurān rātrīm anvaiṣyāvahā iti \[ed. anvaiṣyāmaha, corr. Patyal\]  
sa deveṣu na pratyavindat\_  
abibhayū rātrestamaso mṛtyos  
tama iva hi rātriḥ\_  
mṛtyur vai tamas  
tasmād dhāpy etarhi bhūyān iva naktaṃ sa yāvan mātram ivāpakramya bibheti  
taṃ vai chandāṃsy evānvavāyan\_  
tad yac chandāṃsy evānvavāyaṃs tasmād indraś ca chandāṃsi ca rātriṃ vahanti  
na nivic chasyate na puroruṅ na dhāyyā nānyā devatā  
indraś ca hy eva chandāṃsi ca rātriṃ vahanti  
tān vai paryāyaiḥ paryāyam anudanta  
yat paryāyaiḥ paryāyam anudanta tasmāt paryāyās  
tat paryāyāṇāṃ paryāyatvam\_  
tān vai prathamair eva paryāyaiḥ pūrvarātrād anudanta madhyamair madhyarātrād uttamair apararātrāt\_  
apiśarvaryā apismasīty abruvan\_  
tad yad apiśarvaryā apismasīty abruvaṃs tad apiśarvarāṇām apiśarvaratvam\_  
śarvarāṇi khalu ha vā asyaitāni chandāṃsīti ha smāha\_  
etāni ha vā indraṃ rātryās tamaso mṛtyor abhipatyāvārayan\_  
tad apiśarvarāṇām apiśarvaratvam || 1 ||

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.5) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13.1) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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