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# Gopathabrahmana 2.6.10

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.10)

devakṣetraṃ vai ṣaṣṭham ahaḥ\_  
devakṣetraṃ vā eta āgacchanti ye ṣaṣṭham ahar āgacchanti  
na vai devā anyo'nyasya gṛhe vasanti nartur ṛtor gṛhe vasatīty āhus  
tad yathāyatham ṛtvija ṛtuyājān yajanty asaṃpradāyam\_  
tad yad ṛtūn kalpayanti yathāyathaṃ janitā  
tad āhur nartupraiṣaiḥ preṣyeyur nartupraiṣair vaṣaṭkuryuḥ\_  
vāg vā ṛtupraiṣāḥ\_  
āpyate vai vāk ṣaṣṭhe 'hanīti  
yad ṛtupraiṣaiḥ preṣyeyur yad ṛtupraiṣair vaṣaṭkuryur vācam eva tadāptāṃ śāntām ṛkṇavatīṃ vaharāvaṇīm ṛccheyuḥ\_ \[ed. ṛktavatīṃ, corr. Patyal\]  
acyutād yajñasya cyaveran  
yajñāt prāṇāt prajāyāḥ paśubhyo jihmā īyus \[ed. prāṇān, corr. Patyal\]  
tasmād ṛgmebhya eva preṣitavyam  
ṛgmebhyo 'dhi vaṣaṭkṛtyam\_  
tan na vācam āptāṃ śāntām ṛktavatīṃ vaharāvaṇīm ṛcchanti  
nācyutād yajñasya cyaveran  
na yajñāt prāṇān prajāyāḥ paśubhyo jihmā yanti  
pārucchepīr upadadhati dvayoḥ savanayoḥ purastāt prasthitayājyānām\_  
rohitaṃ vai nāmaitac chando yat pārucchepam  
etena ha vā indraḥ sapta svargāṃl lokān ārohat\_  
ārohati sapta svargāṃl lokān ya evaṃ veda  
tad āhur yat pañcapadā eva pañcamasyāhno rūpaṃ ṣaṭpadāḥ ṣaṣṭhasyātha kasmāt saptapadāḥ ṣaṣṭhe 'hani śasyanta iti  
ṣaḍbhir eva padaiḥ ṣaṣṭham ahar avāpnuvanty avachidyevaitad ahar yat saptamam\_  
tad eva saptamena padenābhyāruhyā vasanti

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana-school.vaitana.641) — Sanskrit

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