[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) › 2.6.12 # Gopathabrahmana 2.6.12 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.12) atha yad dvaipadau stotriyānurūpau bhavata \\_iti dvipād vai puruṣaḥ\_ dvipratiṣṭhaḥ puruṣaḥ puruṣo vai yajñas tasmād dvaipadau stotriyānurūpau bhavataḥ\_ atha sukīrtiṃ śaṃsaty \ iti devayonir vai sukīrtiḥ sa ya evam etāṃ devayonyāṃ sukīrtiṃ veda kīrtiṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati bhūtānāṃ kīrtimān svarge loke pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda\_ atha vṛṣākapiṃ śaṃsati \\_iti\_ ādityo vai vṛṣākapis tad yat kampayamāno reto varṣati tasmād vṛṣākapis tad vṛṣākaper vṛṣākapitvam\_ vṛṣākapir iva vai sa sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti ya evaṃ veda tasya tṛtīyeṣu pādeṣv ādyantayor nyūṅkhaninardān karoti\_ annaṃ vai nyūṅkhaḥ\_ \[ed. nyuṅkho, corr. Patyal\] balaṃ ninardaḥ\_ annādyam evāsmai tad bale nidadhāti\_ atha kuntāpaṃ śaṃsati kuyaṃ ha vai nāma kutsitaṃ bhavati tad yat tapati tasmāt kuntāpās tat kuntāpānāṃ kuntāpatvam\_ tapyante 'smai kuyāniti taptakuyaḥ svarge loke pratitiṣṭhati - [Previous: 2.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.11) - [Next: 2.6.12x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.12x) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.204) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1646) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.12) · Pramāṇa