[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) › 2.3.4.4 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.4.4 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.4) atha yasmānnopatiṣṭheta | ubhaye ha vā idamagre sahāsurdevāśca manuṣyāśca tadyaddha sma manuṣyāṇāṃ na bhavati taddha sma devānyācanta idaṃ vai no nāstīdaṃ no 'stviti te tasyā eva yāñcyāyai dveṣeṇa devāstirobhūtā neddhinasāni neddveṣyo 'sānīti tasmānnopatiṣṭheta > Then as to why he should not approach them. Now in the beginning both the gods and men were together here. And whatever did not belong to the men, for that they importuned the gods, saying, 'This is not ours: let it be ours!' Being indignant at this importunity, the gods then disappeared. Hence (it may be argued) one should not approach (the fires), fearing lest he should offend them, lest he should become hateful to them. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.3) - [Next: 2.3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.5) - [Up: 2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4) ## 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.2.3.4.4) — 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 (3) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v1.c6.s11.98) — Muir 1858, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s3.68) — Keith 1925, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.31) — Hopkins 1895, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.4) · Pramāṇa