[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 2.4.4.19 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.4.19 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.4.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.19) tadvā etāṃ rātrim | mitro varuṇe retaḥ siñcati tadetena retasā prajāyate yadāpūryate tadyadeṣātra maitrāvaruṇī payasyāvakLptatamā bhavati > In that same night Mitra implants seed in Varuna, and when it (the moon) wanes, then it is produced from that seed. Now as to why that oblation of curds (payasyâ) to Mitra and Varuna is here exactly analogous (to the Sânnâyya offered at new moon). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.18) - [Next: 2.4.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.20) - [Up: 2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4) ## 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.2.4.4.19) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.113) — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.19) · Pramāṇa