[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) › 2.2.3.23 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.3.23 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.23) tānyu hāgnirnicakame | taiḥ saṃgṛhya 'rtūnpraviveśa punarema iti devā edagniṃ tirobhūtaṃ teṣāṃ heyasevāsa kimiha kartavyaṃ keha prajñeti vā > If, on the other hand, they determine upon (offering to) Agni Indumat, let him say, 'Pronounce the invitatory prayer to Agni Indumat!' He (the Hotri) recites (Rig-veda VI, 16, 16), 'Come hither, I will gladly sing to thee yet other songs, O Agni! mayest thou grow strong by these draughts (indu, drop).' Thus, indeed, it becomes of the nature of Agni: the draught doubtless means Soma, but this (Soma-element) they eliminate from the butter-portion of Soma. For the offering-prayer he recites, 'May Agni, the drop-abounding, graciously accept of the butter!' And thus he makes it all of the nature of Agni. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.22) - [Next: 2.2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.24) - [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.2.2.3.23) — 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 (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.11) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.23) · Pramāṇa