[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) › 3.3.2.1 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.3.2.1 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.2.1) padaṃ samupya pāṇī avanenikte | tadyatpāṇī avanenikte vajro vā ājyaṃ retaḥ somo nedvajreṇājyena retaḥ somaṃ hinasānīti tasmātpāṇī avanenikte > Having thrown the (earth of the) foot-print (into the pan), he (the Adhvaryu) washes his hands. Now as to why he washes his hands;--clarified butter being a thunderbolt, and the Soma being seed, he washes his hands lest he should injure the seed, Soma, with the thunderbolt, the ghee. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.1.16) - [Next: 3.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.2.2) - [Up: 3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.2) ## 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.3.3.2.1) — 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 (1) - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c19.s3.t2.26) — Majumdar et al. 1951, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.2.1) · Pramāṇa