[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) › 2.2.4.4 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.4.4 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.4) athainamagnirvyāttenopaparyāvavarta | tasya bhītasya svo mahimāpacakrāma vāgvā asya svo mahimā vāgasyāpacakrāma sa ātmannevāhutimīṣe sa udamṛṣṭa tadyadudamṛṣṭa tasmādidaṃ cālomakamidaṃ ca tatra viveda ghṛtāhuti vaiva payāahutiṃ vobhayaṃ ha tveva tatpaya eva > Thereupon Agni turned towards him with open mouth; and he (Pragâpati) being terrified, his own greatness departed from him. Now his own greatness is his speech: that speech of his departed from him. He desired an offering in his own self, and rubbed (his hands); and because he rubbed (his hands), therefore both this and this (palm) are hairless. He then obtained either a butter-offering or a milk-offering;--but, indeed, they are both milk. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.3) - [Next: 2.2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.5) - [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.2.2.4.4) — 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.2.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.4) · Pramāṇa