[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) › 2.4.2.5 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.2.5 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.5) atha hainaṃ śaśvadapyasurā upasedurityāhuḥ | tebhyastamaśca māyāṃ ca pradadāvastyahaivāsuramāyetīva parābhūtā ha tveva tāḥ prajāstā imāḥ prajāstathaivopajīvanti yathaivābhyaḥ prajāpatirvyadadhāt > Thereupon--so they say--the Asuras also straightway approached him. To them he gave darkness (tamas) and illusion (mâyâ): for there is indeed what is called the illusion of the Asuras. Those creatures, it is true, have perished; but creatures still subsist here in the very manner which Pragâpati ordained unto them. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.4) - [Next: 2.4.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.6) - [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.2.4.2.5) — 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) - [Die Religion des Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c7.s2.111) — Oldenberg 1894, German - [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.2.4.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.5) · Pramāṇa