[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) › 2.4.2.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.8) sa vā aparāhṇe dadāti | pūrvāhṇo vai devānām madhyandino manuṣyāṇāmaparāhṇaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tasmādaparāhṇe dadāti > He presents it in the afternoon. The forenoon, doubtless, belongs to the gods; the mid-day to men; and the afternoon to the fathers: therefore he presents (food to the fathers) in the afternoon. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.7) - [Next: 2.4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.9) - [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.2.4.2.8) — 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 (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c73.156) — Kane 1930, 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.2.4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.2.8) · Pramāṇa