Library·Gopatha-Brahmana·2·2.2·2.2.23

Gopatha-Brahmana 2.2.23

GBr 2.2.23

विचक्षणवतीं वाचं भाषन्ते चनसितवतीम् विचक्षयन्ति ब्राह्मणम् चनसयन्ति प्राजापत्यम् सत्यं वदन्ति एतद् वै मनुष्येषु सत्यं यच् चक्षुस् तस्माद् आहुर् आचक्षाणम् अद्राग् इति स यद् आहाद्राक्षम् इति तथाहास्य श्रद्दधति यद्य् उ वै स्वयं वै दृष्टं भवति न बहूनां जनानाम् एष श्रद्दधाति तस्माद् विचक्षणवतीं वाचं भाषन्ते चनसितवतीम् सत्योत्तरा हैवैषां वाग् उदिता भवति ॥ २३ ॥

vicakṣaṇavatīṃ vācaṃ bhāṣante canasitavatīm vicakṣayanti brāhmaṇam canasayanti prājāpatyam satyaṃ vadanti etad vai manuṣyeṣu satyaṃ yac cakṣus tasmād āhur ācakṣāṇam adrāg iti sa yad āhādrākṣam iti tathāhāsya śraddadhati yady u vai svayaṃ vai dṛṣṭaṃ bhavati na bahūnāṃ janānām eṣa śraddadhāti tasmād vicakṣaṇavatīṃ vācaṃ bhāṣante canasitavatīm satyottarā haivaiṣāṃ vāg uditā bhavati || 23 ||

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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Cite as: Gopatha-Brahmana 2.2.23, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/GBr/2.2.23), after GRETIL, Gopathabrahmana Based on the edition by Dieuke Gaastra: Das Gopatha Brāhmaṇa, Leiden : Brill 1919.

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GRETIL 1_veda/2_bra/gopbra_u.htm — Gopathabrahmana Based on the edition by Dieuke Gaastra: Das Gopatha Brāhmaṇa, Leiden : Brill 1919. Input by Arlo Griffiths (2005-06) NOTE: The division of the text into sentences marked by letters follows the divisions in the edition. This is not a current sys

GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST.

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