[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) › 2.6.15 # Gopathabrahmana 2.6.15 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.15) athāhanasyāḥ śaṃsati \\_iti\_ āhanasyād vā idaṃ sarvaṃ prajātam āhanasyād vā etad adhiprajāyate\_ asyaiva sarvasyāptyai prajātyai tā vai ṣaṭ śaṃset ṣaḍ vā ṛtavaḥ\_ ṛtavaḥ pitaraḥ pitaraḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatir āhanasyās tā daśa śaṃsed iti śāmbhavyasya vacaḥ\_ daśākṣarā virāṭ\_ vairājo yajñas taṃ garbhā upajīvanti śrīr vai virāṭ\_ yaśo 'nnādyam\_ śriyam eva tad virājaṃ yaśasy annādye pratiṣṭhāpayati pratitiṣṭhantīr idaṃ sarvam anupratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhir ya evaṃ veda tisraḥ śaṃsed iti vātsyas trivṛd vai retaḥ siktaṃ saṃbhavaty āṇḍam ulvaṃ jarāyu trivṛtpratyayaṃ mātā pitā yaj jāyate tat tṛtīyam abhūtodyam evaitad yac caturthīṃ śaṃset sarvā eva ṣoḍaśa śaṃsed iti haike - [Previous: 2.6.14\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.14_25) - [Next: 2.6.15x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.15x) - [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.14.15) — Brahmā, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.6048) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.15) · Pramāṇa