[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) › 2.4.2.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.2.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.7) tadvā etat | māsi māsyeva pitṛbhyo dadato yadaivaiṣa na purastānna paścāddadṛśe 'thaibhyo dadātyeṣa vai somo rājā devānāmannaṃ yaccandramāḥ sa etāṃ rātriṃ kṣīyate tasminkṣīṇe dadāti tathaibhyo samadaṃ karotyatha yadakṣīṇe dadyātsamadaṃ ha kuryāddevebhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca tasmādyadaivaiṣa na purastānna paścāddadṛśe 'thaibhyo dadāti > Now that (lustre) indeed belongs to him who presents (food) to the fathers once a month. When that (moon) is not seen either in the east or in the west, then he presents (food) to them; for that moon doubtless is king Soma, the food of the gods. Now during that night (of new moon) it fails them, and when it fails, he presents (food to them), and thereby establishes concord (between the gods and fathers). But were he to present (food) to them when it is not failing, he would indeed cause a quarrel between the gods and fathers: hence he presents (food) to them when that (moon) is not seen either in the east or in the west. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.6) - [Next: 2.4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.8) - [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.2.4.2.7) — 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) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.t1.72) — Kane 1930, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c18.s3.28) — Keith 1925, English - [Die Religion des Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c7.s2.183) — Oldenberg 1894, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.7) · Pramāṇa