[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) › 2.5.5 # Gopathabrahmana 2.5.5 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.5) prathameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvate prathameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti prathamarātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti madhyameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvate madhyameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti madhyamarātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti\_ uttameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvata uttameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti\_ uttamarātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti tad yathābhyāgāraṃ punaḥpunaḥ pāpmānaṃ nirharanty evam evaitat stotriyānurūpābhyām ahorātrābhyām eva tad asurān nirghnanti gāyatrīṃ śaṃsanti tejo vai brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī teja evāsmai tad brahmavarcasaṃ yajamāne dadhati gāyatrīḥ śastvā jagatīḥ śaṃsanti brahma ha vai jagatī brahmaṇaivāsmai tad brahmavarcasaṃ yajamāne dadhati vyāhvayante gāyatrīś ca jagatīś cāntareṇa chandāṃsy eva tan nānāvīryāṇi kurvanti jagatīḥ śastvā triṣṭubhaḥ śaṃsanti paśavo vai jagatī paśūn eva tat triṣṭubbhiḥ paridadhati balaṃ vai vīryaṃ triṣṭup\_ balam eva tad vīrye 'ntataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati\_ andhasvatyo madvatyaḥ sutavatyaḥ pītavatyas triṣṭubho yājyāḥ samṛddhāḥ sulakṣaṇāḥ\_ etad vai rātrīrūpam\_ jāgṛyād rātrim\_ yāvad u ha vai na vā stuvate na vā śasyate tāvad īśvarā asurā rakṣāṃsi ca yajñam anvavanayanti tasmād āhavanīyaṃ samiddham āgnīdhrīyaṃ gārhapatyaṃ dhiṣṇyān samujjvalayateti bhāṣeran - [Previous: 2.5.4\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.4_12) - [Next: 2.5.5x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.5x) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5) ## Linked texts (3) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.24) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.17.8) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13.5) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.5) · Pramāṇa