[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) › 3.2.2.9 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.2.9 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.9) agnirbrahmeti | agnirhyeva brahmāgniryajña ityagnirhyeva yajño vanaspatiryajñiya iti vanaspatayo hi yajñiyā na hi manuṣyā yajeranyadvanaspatayo na syustasmādāha vanaspatiryajñiya iti > 'Agni is the Brahman' (neut.), he says, for Agni is indeed the Brahman (sacerdotium);--'Agni is the sacrifice,' for Agni is indeed the sacrifice;--'the tree is meet for the sacrifice,' for trees are indeed meet for the sacrifice, since men could not sacrifice, if there were no trees: therefore he says, 'the tree is meet for the sacrifice.' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.8) - [Next: 3.2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.10) - [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.3.2.2.9) — 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.3.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.9) · Pramāṇa