[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) › 3.2.2.30 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.2.30 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.30) sa vai dhīkṣate | vāce hi dhīkṣate yajñāya hi dhīkṣate yajño hi vāgdhīkṣito ha vai nāmaitadyaddīkṣita iti > He verily anoints himself,--it is for speech that he anoints himself, since he anoints himself for the sacrifice, and the sacrifice is speech. Dhîkshita (the anointed) doubtless is the same as dîkshita (the consecrated). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.29) - [Next: 3.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3.1) - [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.3.2.2.30) — 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.3.2.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.30) · Pramāṇa