[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) › 2.6.1 # Gopathabrahmana 2.6.1 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.1) oṃ tān vā etān saṃpātān viśvāmitraḥ prathamam apaśyat\_ \ \ \\_iti tān viśvāmitreṇa dṛṣṭān vāmadevo 'sṛjata sa hekṣāṃ cakre viśvāmitro yān vā ahaṃ saṃpātān adarśaṃ tān vāmadevo 'sṛjata kāni nv ahaṃ hi sūktāni saṃpātāṃs tat pratimānt sṛjeyam iti sa etāni sūktāni saṃpātāṃs tat pratimān asṛjata \\_\\_\ iti viśvamitraḥ\_ \\_\\_\\_iti vasiṣṭhaḥ\_ \\_\ \<śāsad vahnir duhitur naptyaṃ gāt \[ṚV 3.31.1\]\>\_iti bharadvājaḥ\_ etair vai saṃpātair eta ṛṣaya imāṃl lokānt samapatan\_ tad yat samapataṃs tasmāt saṃpātās tat saṃpātānāṃ saṃpātatvam\_ tato vā etāṃs trīn saṃpātān maitrāvaruṇo viparyāsam ekaikam aharahaḥ śaṃsaty \\_iti prathame 'hani \\_iti dvitīye \\_iti tṛtīye trīn eva saṃpātān brāhmaṇācchaṃsī viparyāsam ekaikam aharahaḥ śaṃsati\_\\_iti prathame 'hani \ iti dvitīye \\_iti tṛtīye trīn eva saṃpātān acchāvāko viparyāsam ekaikam aharahaḥ śaṃsati\_\\_iti prathame 'hani\_ \\_iti dvitīye \<śāsad vahnir duhitur naptyaṃ gāt \[ṚV 3.31.1\]\>\_iti tṛtīye tāni vā etāni nava trīṇi cāharahaḥśaṃsyāni tāni dvādaśa bhavanti - [Previous: 2.5.15col](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.5.15col) - [Next: 2.6.1x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.1x) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6) ## Linked texts (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.706) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.44) — R. S. Sharma, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.1) · Pramāṇa