[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) › 2.6.4 # Gopathabrahmana 2.6.4 Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.4) \ iti maitrāvaruṇaḥ purastāt saṃpātānām aharahaḥ śaṃsati\_ \[ed. apenda\] \\_iti\_ abhayasya rūpam abhayam iva hy anvicchati \\_iti brāhmaṇācchaṃsī\_ etām aharahaḥ śaṃsati yuktavatīm\_ yukta iva hy ahīnaḥ\_ ahīnasya rūpam \\_ity acchāvāko 'harahaḥ śaṃsati\_ anuneṣīty eta iva hy ahīnaḥ\_ ahīnasya rūpam\_ neṣīti sattrāyaṇarūpam okaḥsārī haivaiṣām indro bhavati yathā gauḥ prajñātaṃ goṣṭhaṃ yatharṣabho vāśitāyā evaṃ haivaiṣām indro yajñam āgacchati na śunaṃhūyayāhīnasya paridadhyāt kṣatriyo ha rāṣṭrāc cyavate yo haiva paro bhavati tam abhihvayati || 4 || - [Previous: 2.6.3\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.3_8) - [Next: 2.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.5) - [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.c6.698) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.4) — Brahmā, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.4) · Pramāṇa