[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) › 2.2.4.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.4.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.2) tadvā enametadagre devānāmajanayata | tasmādagniragnirha vai nāmaitadyadagniriti sa jātaḥ pūrvaḥ peyāya yo vai pūrva etyagra etīte vai tamāhuḥ so evāsyāgnitā > He thus generated him first (agre) of the gods; and therefore (he is called) Agni, for agni (they say) is the same as agri. He, being generated, went forth as the first (pûrva); for of him who goes first, they say that he goes at the head (agre). Such, then, is the origin and nature of that Agni. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.1) - [Next: 2.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.3) - [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.2.2.4.2) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.2) · Pramāṇa