[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) › 3.1.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.1.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.1.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.1.2.2) athottareṇa śālām pariśrayanti | tadudakumbhamupanidadhāti tannāpita upatiṣṭhate tatkeśaśmaśru ca vapate nakhāni ca nikṛntate 'sti vai puruṣasyāmedhyaṃ yatrāsyāpo nopatiṣṭhante keśaśmaśrau ca vā asya nakheṣu cāpo nopatiṣṭhante tadyatkeśaśmaśru ca vapate nakhāni ca nikṛntate medhyo bhūtvā dīkṣā iti > Thereupon they enclose a place north of the hall, and place a vessel of water in it. Beside this the barber takes up his position. He (the sacrificer) then shaves his hair and beard, and cuts his nails. For impure, indeed, is that part of man where water does not reach him. Now at the hair and beard, and at the nails the water does not reach him: hence when he shaves his hair and beard, and cuts his nails, he does so in order that he may be consecrated after becoming pure. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.1.2.1) - [Next: 3.1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.1.2.3) - [Up: 3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.1.2) ## 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.3.1.2.2) — 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 (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.399) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [The Hindu Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v1.c8.s5.11) — Kramrisch 1946, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.1.2.2) · Pramāṇa