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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.3.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.3.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3.6)

tatheti devā abruvan | tavaiva prāyaṇīyastavodayanīya iti tasmādeṣa āditya eva prāyaṇīyo bhavatyāditya udayanīya iyaṃ hyevāditistato yajñamapaśyaṃstamatanvata

> 'So be it!' said the gods: 'Thine, forsooth, shall be the opening (prâyanîya), and thine the concluding (udayanîya) oblation!' This is why both the Prâyanîya and the Udayanîya (pap) belong to Aditi; for Aditi truly is this (earth). Thereupon they saw and spread the sacrifice.  
> — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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## 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.3.2.3.6) — 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)

- [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c15.61) — Hopkins 1895, English
- [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c16.67) — Altekar 1938, English

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