[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) › 2.2.4.3 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.4.3 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.3) sa aikṣata prajāpatiḥ | annādaṃ vā imamātmano 'jījane yadagniṃ na vā iha madanyadannamasti yaṃ vā ayaṃ nādyāditi kālvālīkṛtā haiva tarhi pṛthivyāsa nauṣadhaya āsurna vanaspatayastadevāsya manasyāsa > Pragâpati then considered, 'In that Agni I have generated a food-eater for myself; but, indeed, there is no other food here but myself, whom, surely, he would not eat.' At that time this earth had, indeed, been rendered quite bald; there were neither plants nor trees. This, then, weighed on his mind. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.2) - [Next: 2.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.4) - [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.2.2.4.3) — 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) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t3.265) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.3) · Pramāṇa