[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) › 3.3.4.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.3.4.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.2) athaivamabhipadya vācayati | astabhnāddyāṃ vṛṣabho antarikṣamiti devā ha vai yajñaṃ tanvānāste 'surarakṣasebhya āsaṅādbibhayāṃ cakrusta enametajjyāyāṃsameva badhāccakruryadāhāstabhnāddyāṃ vṛṣabho antarikṣamiti > He then makes (the sacrificer) say, after touching (the Soma), 'The bull hath propped the sky, the welkin.' For, when the gods were spreading the sacrifice, they were afraid of an attack on the part of the Asura-Rakshas. Now by what he says, 'The bull hath propped the sky, the welkin,' thereby they rendered it (the sacrifice or Soma) superior to the deadly shaft. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.1) - [Next: 3.3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.3) - [Up: 3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4) ## 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.3.3.4.2) — 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) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.935) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.2) · Pramāṇa