[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) › 2.1.4.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.1.4.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.4.2) tannvevānavakLptaṃ yo manuṣyeṣvanaśnatsu pūrvo 'śnīyādatha kimu yo deveṣvanaśnatsu pūrvo 'śnīyāttasmādu divaivāśnīyāttadvapi kāmameva naktamaśnīyānno hyanāhitāgnervratacaryāsti mānuṣo hyevaiṣa tāvadbhavati yāvadanāhitāgnistasmādvapi kāmameva naktamaśnīyāt > Now, as it would be unbecoming for him to take food before men (who are staying with him as his guests) have eaten; how much more would it be so, if he were to take food before the gods have eaten: let him therefore take his food in the day-time. However, he may also, if he choose, take food at night, since the observance of the vow is not necessary for him who has not performed Agnyâdheya. For so long as he has not set up a (sacrificial) fire of his own, he is merely a man, and may therefore, if he choose, take food at night. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.4.1) - [Next: 2.1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.4.3) - [Up: 2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.4) ## 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.2.1.4.2) — 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.v3.c39.2) — Kane 1930, English - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.7) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.1.4.2) · Pramāṇa