[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) › 2.2.2.6 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.6 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.6) dvayā vai devā devāḥ | ahaiva devā atha ye brāhmaṇāḥ śruśruvāṃso 'nūcānāste manuṣyadevāsteṣāṃ dvedhā vibhakta eva yajña āhutaya eva devānāṃ dakṣiṇā manuṣyadevānām brāhmaṇānāṃ śuśruvuṣāmanūcānānāmāhutibhireva devānprīṇāti dakṣiṇābhirmanuṣyadevānbrāhmaṇācruśruvuṣo 'nūcānāṃsta enamubhaye devāḥ prītāḥ sudhāyāṃ dadhati > Verily, there are two kinds of gods; for, indeed, the gods are the gods; and the Brâhmans who have studied and teach sacred lore are the human gods. The sacrifice of these is divided into two kinds: oblations constitute the sacrifice to the gods; and gifts to the priests that to the human gods, the Brâhmans who have studied and teach sacred lore. With oblations one gratifies the gods, and with gifts to the priests the human gods, the Brâhmans who have studied and teach sacred lore. Both these kinds of gods, when gratified, place him in a state of bliss (sudhâ). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.5) - [Next: 2.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.7) - [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.2.2.2.6) — 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 (7) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.7) — Kane 1930, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c8.s1.192) — Muir 1858, English - [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v1.c8.s7.41) — Winternitz 1927, English - [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905.v1.c8.s7.35) — Winternitz 1905, German - [Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.eliot-1921.v1.c11.30) — Eliot 1921, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.13) — Hopkins 1895, English - [A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.90) — Ghoshal 1923, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.6) · Pramāṇa