[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) › 2.4.2.1 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.2.1 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.1) prajāpatiṃ vai bhūtānyupāsīdan | prajā vai bhūtāni vi no dhehi yathā jīvāmeti tato devā yajñopavītino bhūtvā dakṣiṇaṃ jānvācyopāsīdaṃstānabravīdyajño vo 'nnamamṛtatvaṃ va ūrgvaḥ sūryo vo jyotiriti > Now the living beings once approached Pragâpati--beings doubtless mean creatures--and said, 'Ordain unto us in what manner we are to live!' Thereupon the gods, being properly invested with the sacrificial cord and bending the right knee, approached him. To them he said, 'The sacrifice (shall be) your food; immortality your sap; and the sun your light!' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.1.14) - [Next: 2.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.2) - [Up: 2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2) ## 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.2.4.2.1) — 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) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.s1.62) — Kane 1930, English - [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.v5.c33.41) — Muir 1858, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.27) — Hopkins 1895, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.1) · Pramāṇa