[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) › 3.2.2.10 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.2.10 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.10) athāsmai vrataṃ śrapayanti | devānvā eṣa upāvartate yo dīkṣate sa devatānāmeko bhavati śṛtaṃ vai devānāṃ havirnāśṛtaṃ tasmācrapayanti tadeṣa eva vratayati nāgnau juhoti tadyadeṣa eva vratayati nāgnau juhoti > Thereupon they cook the fast-food for him. For he who is consecrated draws nigh to the gods and becomes one of the deities. But the sacrificial food of the gods must be cooked, and not uncooked: hence they cook it, and he partakes of that fast-milk (vrata) and does not offer it in the fire. The reason why he eats the fast-food and does not offer it in the fire is this: > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.9) - [Next: 3.2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.11) - [Up: 3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2) ## 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.3.2.2.10) — 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) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.87) — Kane 1930, English - [A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.26) — Ghoshal 1923, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.10) · Pramāṇa