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# Shatapatha Brahmana 2.1.2.7

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.2.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.2.7)

rohiṇyāmu ha vai paśavaḥ | agnī ādadhire manuṣyāṇāṃ kāmaṃ rohemeti te manuṣyāṇāṃ kāmamarohanyamu haiva tatpaśavo manuṣyeṣu kāmamarohaṃstamu haiva paśuṣu kāmaṃ rohati ya evaṃ vidvānrohiṇyāmādhatte

> Under Rohinî, indeed, the cattle set up their fires, thinking that they might attain to (ruh) the desire (or love) of men. They did attain to the desire of men; and whatever desire the cattle then obtained in regard to men, that same desire he obtains, in regard to cattle, whosoever, knowing this, sets up his fire under Rohinî.  
> — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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## 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.2.1.2.7) — 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 (1)

- [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.46) — Hopkins 1895, English

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