[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) › 2.4.4.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.4.4.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.2) sa vai dakṣo nāma | tadyadenena so 'gre 'yajata tasmāddākṣāyaṇayajño nāmotainameke vasiṣṭhayajña ityācakṣata eṣa vai vasiṣṭha etameva tadanvācakṣate sa etena yajñeneje sa etena yajñeneṣṭvā yeyam prajāpateḥ prajātiryā śrīretadbabhūvaitāṃ ha vai prajātim prajāyata etāṃ śriyaṃ gacati ya evaṃ vidvānetena yajñena yajate tasmādvā etena yajeta > Now he was indeed Daksha: and because he sacrificed in the beginning with this sacrifice, it is called Dâkshâyana-sacrifice. Some, however, call it the Vasishtha-sacrifice; for he (Pragâpati) is indeed vasishtha (the best), and after him they call it. He sacrificed with that sacrifice; and what race, what prosperity of Pragâpati was then produced through his performing that sacrifice, that same race he procreates, that same prosperity he obtains, whosoever, knowing this, performs that sacrifice: let him therefore perform that sacrifice. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.4.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.1) - [Next: 2.4.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.3) - [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.2.4.4.2) — 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 (4) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v5.c35.93) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v2.c7.s2.t13.103) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c16.s2.35) — Keith 1925, English - [Elements of Buddhist Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1935.c6.51) — Coomaraswamy 1935, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.4.4.2) · Pramāṇa