[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) › 3.2.4.6 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.4.6 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.6) atha devāḥ | vīṇāmeva sṛṣṭvā vādayanto nigāyanto niṣeduriti vai vayaṃ gāsyāma iti tvā pramodayiṣyāmaha iti sā devānupāvavarta sā vai sā tanmoghamupāvavarta yā stuvadbhyaḥ śaṃsadbhyo nṛttaṃ gītamupāvavarta tasmādapyetarhi moghasaṃhitā eva yoṣā evaṃ hi vāgupāvartata tāmu hyanyā anu yoṣāstasmādya eva nṛtyati yo gāyati tasminnevaitā nimiślatamā iva > The gods then created the lute and sat playing and singing, saying, 'Thus we will sing to thee, thus we will amuse thee!' She turned to the gods; but, in truth, she turned to them vainly, since she turned away from those, engaged in praising and praying, to dance and song. Wherefore even to this day women are given to vain things: for it was on this wise that Vâk turned thereto, and other women do as she did. And hence it is to him who dances and sings that they most readily take a fancy. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.5) - [Next: 3.2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.7) - [Up: 3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4) ## 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.3.2.4.6) — 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 (3) - [The History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c9.57) — Weber 1852, English - [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c11.s1.13) — Altekar 1934, English - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.159) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.6) · Pramāṇa