[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) › 2.2.2.20 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.20 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.20) tadu hāpyaruṇamaupaveśiṃ jñātaya ūcuḥ | sthaviro vā asyagnī ādhatsveti sa hovāca te maitadbrūtha vācaṃyama evaidhi na vā āhitāgninānṛtaṃ vaditavyaṃ na vadañjātu nānṛtaṃ vadettāvatsatyamevopacāra iti > Now the kinsmen spake unto Aruna Aupavesi, 'Thou art advanced in years: establish thou the two fires!' He replied, 'Speak ye not thus! be thou a restrainer of speech; for he who has established the fires must not speak an untruth: let him rather not speak at all, but let him not speak an untruth. Worship, above all, is truthfulness.' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.19) - [Next: 2.2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.21) - [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.2.2.2.20) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.96.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.588) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s4.42) — Keith 1925, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.20) · Pramāṇa