[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) › 3.2.2.18 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.2.18 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.18) atha vrataṃ vratayati | ye devā manojātā manoyujo dakṣakratavaste no 'vantu te naḥ pāntu tebhyaḥ svāheti tadyathā vaṣaṭkṛtaṃ hutamevamasyaitadbhavati > Thereupon he drinks the fast-food, with the text, 'May the gods favour us, they who are born of the mind, and endowed with mind, and of intelligent power! may they protect us! Hail to them!' Thus that (fast-food) comes to be for him (by means of the Svâhâ) as an oblation consecrated by the Vashat. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.17) - [Next: 3.2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.19) - [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.3.2.2.18) — 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) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3458) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [Prācīn Bhāratīya Veśabhūṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.motichandra-1950.c6.s24.2) — Chandra 1950, Hindi --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.18) · Pramāṇa