[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) › 2.2.3.22 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.3.22 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.22) agnau ha vai devāḥ | sarvāṇi rūpāṇi nidadhire yāni ca grāmyāṇi yāni cāraṇyāni vijayaṃ vopapraiṣyantaḥ kāmacārasya vā kāmāyāyaṃ no gopiṣṭho gopāyaditi vā > And, if they determine upon (offering the second butter-portion to (Agni Pavamâna, let him then say, 'Pronounce the invitatory prayer to Agni Pavamâna;' and he (the Hotri) recites (Rig-veda IX, 16, 19), 'O Agni, thou breathest forth life; produce thou food and sap for us! drive far away misfortune!' For thus, indeed, it becomes of the nature of Agni. Pavamâna (the one that becomes purified) means the Soma; but this (Soma-element) they eliminate from the butter-portion of Soma. For the offering-prayer he recites, 'May Agni Pavamâna graciously accept of the butter!' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.21) - [Next: 2.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.23) - [Up: 2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3) ## 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.2.2.3.22) — 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 (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.1633) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Minerals and Metals in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.biswas-1996.v2.c39.s1.3) — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.22) · Pramāṇa