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# Gopathabrahmana 2.5.6

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.6)

viśvarūpaṃ vai tvāṣṭram indro 'han  
sa tvaṣṭā hataputro 'bhicaraṇīyam apendraṃ somam āharat  
tasyendro yajñaveśasaṃ kṛtvā prāsahā somam apibat  
sa viṣvaṅ vyārchat  
tasmāt somo nānupahūtena \[na\] pātavyaḥ  
somapītho 'sya vyardhuko bhavati  
tasya mukhāt prāṇebhyaḥ śrīr yaśāṃsy ūrdhvāny udakrāman\_ \[ed. praṇebhyaḥ, corr. Patyal\]  
tāni paśūn prāviśan\_  
tasmāt paśavo yaśaḥ\_  
yaśo ha bhavati ya evaṃ veda  
tato 'smā etad aśvinau ca sarasvatī ca yajñaṃ samabharant sautrāmaṇiṃ bhaiṣajyāya  
tayendram abhyaṣiñcan\_  
tato vai sa devānāṃ śreṣṭho 'bhavat\_  
śreṣṭhaḥ svānāṃ cānyeṣāṃ ca bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaś caivaṃvidvānt sautrāmaṇyābhiṣicyate || 6 ||

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## Linked texts (2)

- [Śrautakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.srautakosa.4.p546) — Sanskrit
- [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13.6) — Brahmā, Sanskrit

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