[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) › 2.2.3.28 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.3.28 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.3.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.28) athaitadeva paro 'kṣaṃ rūpam | yadeva purastādvāti tadvasantasya rūpaṃ yatstanayati tadgrīṣmasya yadvarṣati tadvarṣāṇāṃ yadvidyotate tacarado yadvṛṣṭvodgṛhṇāti taddhemantasya varṣāḥ sarva ṛtava ṛtūnprāviśadṛtubhya evainametannirmimīte > The priests' fee for this (sacrifice) consists of gold, This sacrifice belongs to Agni, and gold is Agni's seed: this is why the priests' fee consists of gold. Or it may be an ox; for the latter is of the nature of Agni as far as its shoulder is concerned, since its shoulder (by carrying the yoke) is as if burnt by fire. Moreover, Agni is oblation-bearer to the gods, and that (ox) bears (or draws, loads) for men: this is why an ox may be given as the priests' fee. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.27) - [Next: 2.2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.29) - [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.2.2.3.28) — 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) - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.51) — Hopkins 1895, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.28) · Pramāṇa