[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) › 2.2.4.1 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.4.1 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.1) prajāpatirha vā idamagra eka evāsa | sa aikṣata kathaṃ nu prajāyeyeti so 'śrāmyatsa tapo 'tapyata so 'gnimeva mukhājjanayāṃ cakre tadyadenam mukhādajanayata tasmādannādo 'gniḥ sa yo haivametamagnimannādaṃ vedānnādo haiva bhavati > Pragâpati alone, indeed, existed here in the beginning. He considered, 'How may I be reproduced?' He toiled and performed acts of penance. He generated Agni from his mouth; and because he generated him from his mouth, therefore Agni is a consumer of food: and, verily, he who thus knows Agni to be a consumer of food, becomes himself a consumer of food. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.3.48) - [Next: 2.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.2) - [Up: 2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4) ## 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.2.2.4.1) — 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) - [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.v5.c54.139) — Muir 1858, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.1) · Pramāṇa