[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) › 2.6.2.4 # Shatapatha Brahmana 2.6.2.4 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.2.4) te vai pratipuruṣam | yāvanto gṛhyāḥ syustāvanta ekenātiriktā bhavanti tatpratipuruṣamevaitadekaikena yā asya prajā jātāstā rudriyātpramuñcatyekenātiriktā bhavanti tadyā evāsya prajā ajātāstā rudriyātpramuñcati tasmādekenātiriktā bhavanti > There is one for each individual,--as many as he has descendants,--exceeded by one. (There being) one for each individual, he thereby delivers from Rudra's power the descendants that are born unto him; and there being an additional one, he thereby delivers from Rudra's power the descendants that are not yet born to him: this is why there are (as many cakes as there are descendants) exceeded by one. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 2.6.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.2.3) - [Next: 2.6.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.2.5) - [Up: 2.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.2) ## 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.2.6.2.4) — 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.2.6.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.6.2.4) · Pramāṇa