[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 1.3.4.7 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.3.4.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4.7) atha yāṃ dvitīyāṃ samidhamabhyādadhāti | vasantameva tayā samindhe sa vasantaḥ samiddho 'nyānṛtūṃtsamindha ṛtavaḥ samiddhāḥ prajāśca prajanayantyoṣadhīśca pacanti so 'bhyādadhāti samidasīti samiddhi vasantaḥ > By the second kindling-stick (samidh), which he now puts on, he kindles the spring; the spring, when kindled, kindles the other seasons; and the seasons, when kindled, cause living beings to be produced and the plants to ripen. He puts it on, with the formula (Vâg. S. II, 5), 'A kindler (samidh) art thou!' for the spring is indeed a kindler. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 1.3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4.6) - [Next: 1.3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4.8) - [Up: 1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina~en-eggeling.1.3.4.7) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7502) — Maurice Bloomfield, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4.7) · Pramāṇa