[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) › 2.2.4.9 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.4.9 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.9) tadvā etat | eva vicikitsāyai janma yatprajāpatirvyacikitsatsa vicikitsañcreyasyadhriyata yaḥ pra cājāyatātsyataścāgnermṛtyorātmānamatrāyata sa yo haivametadvicikitsāyai janma veda yaddha kiṃ ca vicikitsati śreyasi haiva dhriyate > And as to that same birth from out of doubt,--when Pragâpati doubted, he, while doubting, remained steadfast on the better (side), insomuch that he reproduced himself and saved himself from Agni, Death, when he was about to devour him: so he also who knows that birth from out of doubt, when he doubts about anything, still remains on the better (side). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.8) - [Next: 2.2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.10) - [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.2.2.4.9) — 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.2.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.2.4.9) · Pramāṇa