[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) › 2.5.8 # Gopathabrahmana 2.5.8 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.8) prajāpatir akāmayata vājam āpnuyāṃ svargaṃ lokam iti sa etaṃ vājapeyam apaśyat\_ vājapeyo vā eṣa ya eṣa tapati vājam etena yajamānaḥ svargaṃ lokam āpnoti śukravatyo jyotiṣmatyaḥ prātaḥsavane bhavanti tejo brahmavarcasaṃ tābhir āpnoti vājavatyo mādhyaṃdine savane svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai\_ annavatyo gaṇavatyaḥ paśumatyas tṛtīyasavane bhavanti bhūmānaṃ tābhir āpnoti sarvaḥ saptadaśo bhavati prajāpatir vai saptadaśaḥ prajāpatim evāpnoti hiraṇyasraja ṛtvijo bhavanti mahasa eva tad rūpaṃ kriyate\_ eṣa me 'muṣmiṃl loke prakāśo 'sad iti jyotir vai hiraṇyam\_ jyotiṣaivainam antardadhati\_ ājiṃ dhāvanti yajamānam ujjāpayanti nākaṃ rohati samahase rohati viśvamahase rohati sarvamahase rohati manuṣyalokād evainam antardadhati devasya savituḥ save svargaṃ lokaṃ varṣiṣṭhaṃ nākaṃ roheyam iti brahmā rathacakraṃ sarpati - [Previous: 2.5.7\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.7_5) - [Next: 2.5.8x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.8x) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3828) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.8) · Pramāṇa