[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) › 11.2.2 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2.1) gāyatrīmanuvākyāmanvāha tripadā vai gāyatrī traya ime lokā imānevaitallokāndevāḥ pratyaṣṭhāpayan > He recites a gâyatrî invitatory formula: the gâyatrî consisting of three feet, these worlds being three in number, it is these worlds the gods thereby established. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ### [11.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2.2) atha triṣṭubhā yajati catuṣpadā vai triṣṭupcatuṣpādāḥ paśavastatpaśūnevaitadeṣu lokeṣu pratiṣṭhiteṣu devāḥ pratyaṣṭhāpayan > He offers with a trishtubh (verse): the trishtubh consisting of four feet, and cattle being four-footed, it is cattle the gods thereby established in these established worlds. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ### [11.2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2.3) dvyakṣaro vaṣaṭkāraḥ dvipādvai puruṣastatpuruṣamevaitaddvipādameṣu paśuṣu pratiṣṭhiteṣu pratyaṣṭhāpayan > The Vashat-call consists of two syllables (vaushat): man being two-footed; it is two-footed man they thereby established among the established cattle. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ### [11.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2.4) so'yaṃ dvipātpuruṣaḥ paśuṣu pratiṣṭhita evamevaiṣa etallokānpratiṣṭhāpayati lokeṣu pratiṣṭhiteṣu paśūnpratiṣṭhāpayati paśuṣu pratiṣṭhiteṣvātmānam pratiṣṭhāpayatyevameṣa puruṣaḥ paśuṣu pratiṣṭhito ya evaṃ vidvānyajate > Two-footed man, then, is established here among cattle. In like manner this (Sacrificer) establishes thereby the worlds; and in the established worlds he establishes cattle, and among the established cattle he establishes himself: thus, indeed, is that man established among cattle, who, knowing this, offers sacrifice. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ### [11.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2.5) atha yadvaṣaṭkṛte juhoti eṣa vai vaṣaṭkāro ya eṣa tapati sa eṣa mṛtyustadenamupariṣṭānmṛtyoḥ saṃskaroti tadenamato janayati sa etam mṛtyumatimucyate yajño vā asyātmā bhavati tadyajña eva bhūtvaitanmṛtyumatimucyata eteno hāsya sarve yajñakratava etam mṛtyumatimuktāḥ > And when he offers, after the Vashat has been uttered,--that Vashat-call being yonder shining (sun), and he being the same as Death --he thereby consecrates him (the Sacrificer) after death, and causes him to be born from out of it, and he is delivered from that death. And the sacrifice, indeed, becomes his body: thus, having become the sacrifice, he is delivered from that death, and all his chief offerings are thereby delivered from that death. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ### [11.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2.6) atha yāmetāmāhutiṃ juhoti eṣā ha vā asyāhutiramuṣmiṃloka ātmā bhavati sa yadaivaṃvidasmāllokātpraityathainameṣāhutiretasya pṛṣṭhe satyāhvayatyehyahaṃ vai ta ihātmāsmīti tadyadāhvayati tasmādāhutirnāma > And, verily, whatever offering he there performs, that offering becomes his body in yonder world; and when he who knows this departs this world then that offering, being behind him, calls out to him, 'Come hither, here I am, thy body;' and inasmuch as it calls out (invokes, âhvayati), it is called 'âhuti' (offering or invocation). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ## 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.11.2.2.1) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.382.4) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.5.17) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (5) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s18.90) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.1813) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c7.139) — Prasad 1928, English - [Shakti and Shâkta: Essays and Addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.woodroffe-1918.c7.s1.14) — Woodroffe 1918, English - [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c6.s3.6) — Heesterman 1985, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.2.2) · Pramāṇa