[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) › 2.5.2.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.5.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.8) athaindrāgno dvādaśakapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavati | prāṇodānau vā indrāgnī tadyathā puṇyaṃ cakruṣe puṇyaṃ kuryādevaṃ tattayorhaivāsya hetoḥ prajā na parābabhūvustatprāṇodānābhyāmevaitatprajā bhiṣajyati prāṇodānau prajāsu dadhāti tasmādaindrāgnau dvādaśakapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavati > Then follows a cake on twelve potsherds for Indra and Agni. Indra and Agni indeed are the out-breathing and in-breathing: thus this is like doing a good turn to one who has done him a good turn; for it is owing to these two that his creatures did not perish. Hence he now restores his creatures by means of the out-breathing and in-breathing, bestows out-breathing and in-breathing on them: this is why there is a cake on twelve potsherds for Indra and Agni. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.5.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.7) - [Next: 2.5.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.9) - [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.2.5.2.8) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.108.7) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7935) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.2.8) · Pramāṇa