[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) › 2.3.2.12 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.2.12 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.12) atha yatraitatpratitarāmiva | tiraścīvārciḥ saṃśāmyato bhavati tarhi haiṣa bhavati mitraḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta maitreṇedamannamadyāmiti yamāhuḥ sarvasya vā ayam brāhmaṇo mitraṃna vā ayaṃ kaṃ cana hinastīti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti > And when the flame of the waning (fire) gets lower and lower, and (burns) as it were sideways, then, indeed, that (fire) is Mitra. And if any one desires to consume food here through the kindness (maitra, of others),--as one of whom they say, 'Truly, this Brahman is everybody's friend, he harms not any one,'--let him offer (the Agnihotra) then: and, assuredly, he who, knowing this, offers then (when the fire gets low), obtains that food. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.11) - [Next: 2.3.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.13) - [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.2.3.2.12) — 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.s1.t2.26) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.12) · Pramāṇa