[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) › 2.4.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.3.2) tadu hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ | devāśca vā asurāścobhaye prājāpatyāḥ paspṛdhire tato 'surā ubhayīrośadhīryāśca manuṣyā upajīvanti yāśca paśavaḥ kṛtyayeva tvadviṣeṇeva tvatpralilipurutaivaṃ ciddevānabhibhavemeti tato na manuṣyā āśurna paśava āliliśire tā hemāḥ prajā anāśakena notparābabhūvuḥ > And Yâgñavalkya also spake:--The gods and the Asuras, both of them sprung from Pragâpati, once contended for superiority. The Asuras then defiled, partly by magic, partly with poison, both kinds of plants--those on which men and beasts subsist--hoping that in this way they might over come the gods. In consequence of this neither did men eat food, nor did beasts graze; and from want of food these creatures well-nigh perished. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.3.1) - [Next: 2.4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.3.3) - [Up: 2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.3) ## 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.2.4.3.2) — 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 (1) - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c17.s11.32) — Keith 1925, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.3.2) · Pramāṇa