[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) › 2.2.2.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.8) devāśca vā asurāśca | ubhaye prājāpatyāḥ paspṛdhire ta ubhaya evānātmāna āsurmartyā hyāsuranātmā hi martyasteṣūbhayeṣu martyeṣvagnirevāmṛta āsa taṃ ha smobhaye 'mṛtamupajīvanti sa yaṃ ha smaiṣāṃ ghnanti taddha sma vai sa bhavati > Now the gods and the Asuras, both of them sprung from Pragâpati, were contending with each other. They were both soulless, for they were mortal, and he who is mortal is soulless. Among these two (classes of beings) who were mortal, Agni alone was immortal; and it was through him, the immortal, that they both lived. Now whichsoever (of the gods) they (the Asuras) slew, he, indeed, was so (slain). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.7) - [Next: 2.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.9) - [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.2.2.2.8) — 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) - [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.v4.c27.s2.118) — Muir 1858, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.31) — Hopkins 1895, English - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.230) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.2.8) · Pramāṇa