[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) › 2.6.11 # Gopathabrahmana 2.6.11 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.11) devāsurā vā eṣu lokeṣu samayatanta te vai devāḥ ṣaṣṭhenāhnaibhyo lokebhyo 'surān parāṇudanta teṣāṃ yāny antarhastāni vasūny āsaṃs tāny ādāya samudraṃ prārūpyanta teṣāṃ vai devā anuhāyaitenaiva chandasāntarhastāni vasūny ādadata tad evaitat padaṃ punaḥpadam sa evāṅkuśa ākuñcanāya\_ ā dviṣato vasu datte nir evainam ebhyaḥ sarvebhyo lokebhyo nudate ya evaṃ veda dyaur vai devatā ṣaṣṭham ahar vahati trayastriṃśa stomaḥ\_ raivataṃ sāma\_ aticchandaś chandaḥ\_ yathādevatam enena yathāstomaṃ yathāsāma yathāchandasam ṛdhnoti ya evaṃ veda yad vai samānodarkaṃ tat ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpam\_ yady eva prathamam ahas tad uttamam ahas tad evaitat padaṃ punar yat ṣaṣṭhaṃ yad aśvavad yad rathavad yat punarāvṛttaṃ yat punar nivṛttaṃ yad antarūpaṃ yad asau loko 'bhyudito yan nābhānediṣṭhaṃ yat pārucchepaṃ yan nārāśaṃsaṃ yad dvaipadā yat saptapadā yat kṛtaṃ yad raivataṃ tat tṛtīyasyāhno rūpam etāni vai ṣaṣṭhasyāhno rūpāṇi chandasām u ha ṣaṣṭhenāhnāktānāṃ raso 'tyanedat taṃ prajāpatir udānān nārāśaṃsyā gāyatryā raibhyā triṣṭubhā parikṣityā jagatyā gāthayānuṣṭubhā\_ \[ed. gayatryā\] etāni vai chandāṃsi ṣaṣṭhe 'hani śastāni bhavanty ayātayāmāni chanadasām eva tat sarasatāyā ayātayāmatāyai sarasāni hāsya chandāṃsi ṣaṣṭhe 'hani śastāni bhavanti sarasaiś chandobhir iṣṭaṃ bhavati sarasaiś chandobhir yajñaṃ tanute ya evaṃ veda || 11 || - [Previous: 2.6.10x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.10x) - [Next: 2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.12) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.atharvavedabrahmana.14.11) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2039) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.11) · Pramāṇa