[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) › 2.3.4.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.4.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.7) atha yasmādupaiva tiṣṭheta | uta vai yācandātāraṃ labhata evoto bhartā bhāryaṃ nānubudhyate sa yadaivāha bhāryo vai te 'smi bibhṛhi metyathainaṃ vedāthainam bhāryam manyate tasmādupaiva tiṣṭhetedamittu samastaṃ yasmādupatiṣṭheta > And again, why he should nevertheless approach (the fires). He alone that asks finds a giver; and the master, moreover, knows nothing of his dependent. But when the latter says, 'I am thy dependent: support me!' then he does know him, and feels himself bound to support him. Let him therefore approach (the fires). This then is the whole (argument) as to why one should approach (the fires). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.6) - [Next: 2.3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.8) - [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.2.3.4.7) — 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 (3) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.3369) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c28.s4.5) — Keith 1925, English - [Die Religion des Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c8.s9.11) — Oldenberg 1894, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.4.7) · Pramāṇa