[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) › 2.2.2.5 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.5 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.5) caturviṃśatiṃ dadyāt | caturviṃśatirvai saṃvatsarasyārdhamāsāḥ saṃvatsaro yajñaḥ prajāpatiḥ sa yāvāneva yajño yāvatyasya mātrā tāvatībhirdakṣayatyeṣā mātrā dakṣiṇānāṃ dadyāttveva yathāśraddham bhūyasīstadyaddakṣiṇā dadāti > He may give twenty-four; for twenty-four half-moons there are in the year, and the sacrifice, Pragâpati, is the year: thus as great as the sacrifice is, as large as its extent is, by so many (gifts) does he thereby invigorate it. Such is the measure of the priests' fees; but he may give more, according to (the depth of) his faith. The reason why he gives fees to the priests is this. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.4) - [Next: 2.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.6) - [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.2.2.2.5) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.5) · Pramāṇa