[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 2.4.2.23 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.2.23 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.23) athodapātramādāyāvanejayati | asāvavanenikṣvetyeva yajamānasya pitaramasāvavanenikṣveti pitāmahamasāvavanenikṣveti prapitāmahaṃ tadyathā jakṣuṣe 'bhiṣiñcedevaṃ tat > Thereupon he takes the water-pitcher and makes them wash themselves, merely saying, 'N.N., wash thyself!' (naming) the sacrificer's father; 'N.N., wash thyself!' (naming) his grandfather; 'N.N., wash thyself!' (naming) his great-grandfather. Even as one would pour out (water for a guest) when he has taken his meal, so here. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.22) - [Next: 2.4.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.24) - [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.2.4.2.23) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.104.22) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śrautakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.prakirnaka.patra-padartha.srautakosa.2.p382) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.23) · Pramāṇa