[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) › 3.2.4.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.4.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.8) atha yaddhruvāyāmājyam pariśiṣṭam bhavati | tajjuhvāṃ catuṣkṛtvo vigṛhṇāti barhiṣā hiraṇyam prabadhyāvadhāya juhoti kṛtsnena payasā juhavānīti samānajanma vai payaścahiraṇyaṃ cobhayaṃ hyagniretasam > In the first place he pours the butter, which remains in the dhruvâ spoon, in four parts into the guhû; and having tied a piece of gold with a blade of the altar-grass, and laid it down (in the guhû), he offers (the butter), thinking, 'I will offer with pure milk;' for milk and gold are of the same origin, since both have sprung from Agni's seed. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.7) - [Next: 3.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.9) - [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.3.2.4.8) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.130.9) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s2.t10.26) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.8) · Pramāṇa