[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) › [Shatapatha Brahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 1.4.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 1.4.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.4.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.4.2.2) agne mahāṃ asi brāhmaṇa bhārateti | brahma hyagnistasmādāha brāhmaṇeti bhāratetyeṣa hi devebhyo havyaṃ bharati tasmādbharato 'gnirityāhureṣa u vā imāḥ prajāḥ prāṇo bhūtvā bibharti tasmādvevāha bhārateti > 'O Agni, thou art great! O priest (brâhmana), O Bhârata!' for Agni, indeed, is the brahman (sacerdotium): therefore he says 'O Brâhmana!--O Bhârata' he says, because he (Agni) bears (bhar) the oblation to the gods: therefore they say 'Agni is bhârata (the bearer).' Or, he, being the breath, sustains (bhar) these creatures: therefore he says 'O Bhârata (sustainer)!' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 1.4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.4.2.1) - [Next: 1.4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.4.2.3) - [Up: 1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.4.2) ## 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.1.4.2.2) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.249) — Kane 1930, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c9.s7.59) — Muir 1858, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.4.2.2) · Pramāṇa