[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) › 2.3.2.10 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.2.10 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.10) atha yatraitatpradīptataro bhavati | tarhi haiṣa bhavati varuṇaḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta yathemā varuṇaḥ prajā gṛhṇanniva tvatsahaseva tvannighātamiva tvatsacata evamannamadyāmiti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti > And when it burns rather brightly, then indeed that (fire) is Varuna. And if any one desires to consume food,--even as Varuna seeks after these creatures, now, as it were, seizing on them, now with violence, now in striking them down,--let him offer then: and, assuredly, he who, knowing this, offers then, obtains that food. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.9) - [Next: 2.3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.11) - [Up: 2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2) ## 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.2.3.2.10) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.98.11) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2221) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.77) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.10) · Pramāṇa