[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) › 2.5.4 # Gopathabrahmana 2.5.4 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.4) puruṣo vai yajñas tasya śira eva havirdhānam\_ mukham āhavanīyaḥ\_ udaraṃ sadaḥ\_ annam ukthāni bāhū mārjālīyaś cāgnīdhrīyaś ca yā imā devatās te 'ntaḥsadasaṃ dhiṣṇyāḥ pratiṣṭhe gārhapatyavrataśrapaṇāv ity athāparam\_ tasya mana eva brahmā prāṇa udgātā\_ apānaḥ prastotā vyānaḥ pratihartā vāg ghotā cakṣur adhvaryuḥ prajāti sadasyaḥ\_ aṅgāni hotrāśaṃsinaḥ\_ ātmā yajamānas tad yad adhvaryuḥ stotram upākaroti somaḥ pavata iti cakṣur eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti\_ atha yat prastotā brahmāṇam āmantrayate brahmant stoṣyāmaḥ praśāstar iti mano 'graṇīr bhavati\_ eteṣāṃ prāṇānāṃ manasā hi prasūtā stomena stuyāmeti prāṇān eva tan manasā saṃdadhāti\_ atha yad brahmā stutety uccair anujānāti mano vai brahmā mana eva tat prāṇaiḥ saṃdadhāti\_ - [Previous: 2.5.3\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.3_8) - [Next: 2.5.4x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.4x) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5.16) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5363) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.4) · Pramāṇa