[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) › 2.2.2.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.7) tadyathā yonau reto dadhyāt | evamevaitadṛtvijo yajamānaṃ loke dadhati tadyadebhya etaddadāti ye medaṃ samprāpipanniti nu dakṣiṇānām > Even as seed is poured into the womb, so the officiating priests place the sacrificer in the (heavenly) world, when he now makes gifts to those who, he hopes, will make him go thither. Such, then, (is the manner) of gifts to priests. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.6) - [Next: 2.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.8) - [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.2.2.2.7) — 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.2.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.7) · Pramāṇa