[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) › 2.2.2.1 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.1 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.1) ghnanti vā etadyajñam | yadenaṃ tanvate yannveva rājānamabhiṣuṇvanti tattaṃ ghnanti yatpaśuṃ samjñapayanti viśāsati tattaṃ ghnantyulūkhalamusalābhyāṃ dṛṣadupalābhyāṃ haviryajñaṃ ghnanti > Now, in performing that sacrifice, they slay it; and in pressing out the king (Soma), they slay him; and in quieting and immolating the victim, they slay it. The haviryagña they slay with the mortar and pestle, and with the two mill-stones. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.1.22) - [Next: 2.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.2) - [Up: 2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2) ## 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.2.2.2.1) — 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 (3) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.260) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s3.59) — Keith 1925, English - [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s7.35) — Heesterman 1985, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.1) · Pramāṇa