[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) › 2.3.3.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.3.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.7) tadvā eṣa eva mṛtyuḥ | sa eṣa tapati tadyadeṣa eva mṛtyustasmādyā etasmādarvācyaḥ prajāstā mriyante 'tha yāḥ parācyaste devāstasmādu te 'mṛtāstasyemāḥ sarvāḥ prajā raśmibhiḥ prāṇeṣvabhihitāstasmādu raśmayaḥ prāṇānabhyavatāyante > Now yonder burning (sun) doubtless is no other than Death; and because he is Death, therefore the creatures that are on this side of him die. But those that are on the other side of him are the gods, and they are therefore immortal. It is by the rays (or reins, thongs, rasmi) of that (sun) that all these creatures are attached to the vital airs (breaths or life), and therefore the rays extend down to the vital airs. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.6) - [Next: 2.3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.8) - [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.2.3.3.7) — 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) - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s3.104) — Keith 1925, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.7) · Pramāṇa