[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) › 2.1.2.4 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.1.2.4 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.4) atha yasmānna kṛttikāsvādadhīta | ṛkṣāṇāṃ ha vā etā agre patnya āsuḥ saptarṣīnu ha sma vai purarkṣā ityācakṣate tā mithunena vyārdhyantāmī hyuttarāhi saptarṣaya udyanti pura etā aśamiva vai tadyo mithunena vyṛddhaḥ sa nenmithunena vyṛdhyā iti tasmānna kṛttikāsvādadhīta > On the other hand (it is argued) why he should not set up the fires under the Krittikâs. Originally, namely, the latter were the wives of the Bears (riksha); for the seven Rishis were in former times called the Rikshas (bears). They were, however, precluded from intercourse (with their husbands), for the latter, the seven Rishis, rise in the north, and they (the Krittikâs) in the east. Now it is a misfortune for one to be precluded from intercourse (with his wife): he should therefore not set up his fires under the Krittikâs, lest he should thereby be precluded from intercourse. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.3) - [Next: 2.1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.5) - [Up: 2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2) ## 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.2.1.2.4) — 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 (4) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.125) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s6.140) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c34.s3.16) — Keith 1925, English - [Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dikshit-1896.v1.c6.s3.t47.112) — Dīkṣita & Vaidya 1896, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.4) · Pramāṇa