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# Gopathabrahmana 2.6.8

Gopathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha.2.6.8)

nābhānediṣṭhaṃ śaṃsati  
reto vai nābhānediṣṭhaḥ\_  
reta evāsya tat kalpayati  
tad retomiśraṃ bhavati  
\<kṣmayā retaḥ saṃjagmāno ni ṣiñcat \[ṚV 10.61.7b\]\>\_iti  
retasaḥ samṛddhyā eva  
taṃ sanāraśaṃsaṃ śaṃsati  
prajā vai naraḥ\_  
vāk śaṃsaḥ  
prajāsu tad vācaṃ dadhāti  
tasmād imāḥ prajā vadantyo jāyante  
taṃ haike purastāt pragāthānāṃ śaṃsanti purustādāyatanā vāg iti vadantaḥ\_  
upariṣṭād eka upariṣṭādāyatanā vāg iti vadantaḥ\_  
madhya eva śaṃset\_  
madhyāyatanā vā iyaṃ vāk\_  
upariṣṭān nedīyasīva  
taṃ hotā retobhūtaṃ śastvā maitrāvaruṇāya saṃprayacchati\_  
etasya tvaṃ prāṇān kalpayeti  
vālakhilyāḥ śaṃsati  
prāṇā vai vālakhilyāḥ  
prāṇān evāsya tat kalpayati  
tā vihṛtāḥ śaṃsati  
vihṛtā vai prāṇāḥ

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## Linked texts (2)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.698) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Ṣaṣṭhapañcikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sasthapancika.p26) — Sanskrit

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