[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) › 2.5.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.5.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.3.2) sa pūrvedyuḥ | agnaye 'nīkavate 'ṣṭākapālaṃ puroḍāśaṃ nirvapatyagniṃ ha vai devā anīkaṃ kṛtvopapreyurvṛtraṃ haniṣyantaḥ sa tejo 'gnirnāvyathata tatho evaiṣa etatpāpmānaṃ dviṣantam bhrātṛvyaṃ haniṣyannagnimevānīkaṃ kṛtvopapraiti sa tejo 'gnirna vyathate tasmādagnaye 'nīkavate > On the first day he offers a cake on eight potsherds to Agni Anîkavat. For it was after shaping Agni into a sharp point, that the gods rushed forward, intent on slaying Vritra; and that sharp point, Agni, swerved not. And so does he (the Sacrificer) now rush forward, after shaping Agni into a sharp point, intent on slaying his wicked, spiteful enemy; and that sharp point, Agni, swerves not: this is why he sacrifices to Agni Anîkavat. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.5.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.3.1) - [Next: 2.5.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.3.3) - [Up: 2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.3) ## 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.2.5.3.2) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.5.3.2) · Pramāṇa