[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) › 2.3.3.6 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.3.6 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.6) tasmādetadṛṣiṇābhyanūktaṃ | śataminnu śarado anti devā yatrā naścakrā jarasaṃ tanūnām putrāso yatra pitaro bhavanti mā no madhyā rīriṣatāyurgantoriti putro hyeṣa santsa punaḥ pitā bhavatyetannu tadyasmādagnī ādadhīta > Hence it has been said by the Rishis (Rig-veda I, 89, 9), 'A hundred autumns (may there he) before us, O gods, during which ye complete the life-time of our bodies, during which sons become fathers! do not cut us off, midway, from reaching the full term of life!' for he (Agni) who is the son, now in his turn becomes the father: this, then, is why one must establish the fires. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.5) - [Next: 2.3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.7) - [Up: 2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3) ## 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.2.3.3.6) — 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) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.5898) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.6) · Pramāṇa