[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) › 2.5.9 # Gopathabrahmana 2.5.9 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.9) athāto 'ptoryāmā prajāpatir vai yat prajā asṛjata tā vai tāntā asṛjata tāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ parācya evāsan nopāvartanta tā ekena stomenopāgṛhṇāt tā atyaricyanta tā dvābhyām\_ tāḥ sarvais tasmāt sarvastomas tā ekena pṛṣṭhenopāgṛhṇāt tā atyaricyanata tā dvābhyām\_ tāḥ sarvais tasmāt sarvapṛṣṭhas tā atiriktokthe vāravantīyenāvārayan\_ tasmād eṣo 'tiriktokthavān bhavati tasmād vāravantīyam\_ tā yad āptvāyacchad ato vā aptoryāmā\_ atho prajā vā aptur ity āhuḥ prajānāṃ yamana iti haivaitad uktaṃ tā barhiḥ prajā aśnāyeran\_ \[ed. prajāśnāyeraṃs, corr. Patyal\] tarhi haitaina yajate sa eṣo 'ṣṭāpṛṣṭho bhavati tad yathānyasmin yajñe viśvajitaḥ pṛṣṭham anu saṃcaraṃ bhavati katham etad evam atreti - [Previous: 2.5.8\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.8_11) - [Next: 2.5.9x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.9x) - [Up: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13.6-2) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.9) · Pramāṇa