[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) › 2.3.2.9 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.2.9 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.9) tadyatraitatprathamaṃ samiddho bhavati | dhūpyata iva tarhi haiṣa bhavati rudraḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta yathemā rudraḥ prajā aśraddhayeva tvatsahaseva tvannighātamiva tvatsacata evamannamadyāmiti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti > Now when it is first kindled, and there is as yet nothing but smoke, then indeed that(fire) is Rudra. And if anyone (Kshatriya) desires to consume food (belonging to others),--even as Rudra seeks after these creatures, now with distrust, now with violence, now in striking them down,--let him offer then: and, assuredly, he who, knowing this, offers then (when the fire has just been lighted), obtains that food. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.8) - [Next: 2.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.10) - [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.2.3.2.9) — 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 ## Discussed in (2) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s2.t8.23) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.26) — Hopkins 1895, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.2.9) · Pramāṇa