[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) › 2.6.3 # Gopathabrahmana 2.6.3 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.3) \\_\\_\ iti kadvantaḥ pragāthā aharahaḥ śasyante ko vai prajāpatiḥ prajāpater āptyai yad eva kadvantas tat svargasya lokasya rūpam\_ yad v eva kadvantaḥ\_ atho annaṃ vai kam atho annasyāvaruddhyai yad v eva kadvantaḥ\_ atho sukhaṃ vai kam atho annasyāvaruddhyai yad v eva kadvantaḥ\_ atho 'harahar vā ete śāntāny ahīnasūktāny upayuñjānā yanti tāni kadvadbhiḥ pragāthaiḥ śamayanti tāny ebhyaḥ śāntāni kaṃ bhavanti tāny etāñ chāntāni svargaṃ lokam abhivahanti triṣṭubhaḥ sūktapratipadaḥ śaṃseyus tā haike purastāt pragāthānāṃ śaṃsanti dhāyyā iti vadantas tad u tathā na kuryāt kṣatraṃ vai hotā viśo hotrāśaṃsinaḥ kṣatrāyaiva tad viśaṃ pratyudyāminīṃ kuryuḥ pāpavasyasam\_ triṣṭubho vā imāḥ sūktapratipada ity evaṃ vidyāt\_ yathā vai samudraṃ pratareyur evaṃ haivaite praplavante ye saṃvatsaraṃ dvādaśāhaṃ vopāsate - [Previous: 2.6.2\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.2_25) - [Next: 2.6.3x](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.3x) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.2729) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.3) · Pramāṇa