[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 3.2.1.23 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.1.23 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.1.23) tāṃ devāḥ | asurebhyo 'ntarāyaṃstāṃ svīkṛtyāgnāveva parigṛhya sarvahutamajuhavurāhutirhi devānāṃ sa yāmevāmūmanuṣṭubhājuhavustadevaināṃ taddevāḥ svyakurvata te 'surā āttavacaso he 'lavo he 'lava iti vadantaḥ parābabhūvuḥ > The gods then cut her off from the Asuras; and having gained possession of her and enveloped her completely in fire, they offered her up as a holocaust, it being an offering of the gods. And in that they offered her with an anushtubh verse, thereby they made her their own; and the Asuras, being deprived of speech, were undone, crying, 'He ’lavah! he ’lavah!' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.1.22) - [Next: 3.2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.1.24) - [Up: 3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.1) ## 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.3.2.1.23) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s21.143) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v2.c18.s23.95) — John Muir, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7945) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s3.13) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.chatterji-1926.v1.c16.99) — Suniti Kumar Chatterji, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s5.2) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.1.23) · Pramāṇa