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# Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.2.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.4)

athainam paśava upāsīdan | tebhyaḥ svaiṣameva cakāra yadaiva yūyaṃ kadā ca labhādhvai yadi kāle yadyanākāle 'thaivāśnātheti tasmādete yadaiva kadā ca labhante yadi kāle yadyanākāle 'thaivāśnanti

> Then the beasts approached him. To them he granted their own choice, saying, 'Whensoever ye shall find anything, whether in season or out of season, ye shall eat it!' Hence whenever they find anything, whether in season or out of season, they eat it.  
> — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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## 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.2.4.2.4) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.104.5) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (2)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.9) — Kane 1930, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s11.325) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English

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