[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) › 2.5.2.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.5.2.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.7) athaitānyeva pañca havīṃṣi bhavanti | etairvai havirbhiḥ prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjataitairubhayato varuṇapāśātprajāḥ prāmuñcaditaścordhvā itaścāvācīstasmādvā etāni pañca havīṃṣi bhavanti > In the first place there are those five oblations. For by means of those five oblations Pragâpati produced the creatures, with them he freed the creatures both ways from Varuna's noose,--on the one side (he freed) the upright, and on the other those that tend to the ground: this is why there are those five oblations. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.5.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.6) - [Next: 2.5.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.8) - [Up: 2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2) ## 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.2.5.2.7) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.7) · Pramāṇa