[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) › 3.4.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.4.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.4.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.2) te 'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyāṅgayanta | tapo vā agnistapo dīkṣā tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupāyaṃstadyadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupāyaṃstasmādavāntaradīkṣā saṃtarāmaṅgulīrāñcanta saṃtarām mekhalām paryastāmevaināmetatsatīm paryāsyanta tatho evaiṣa etadyadataḥ prācīnamavratyaṃ vā karotyavratyam vā vadati tasyaivaitatprāyaścittiṃ kurute > By means of fire they enveloped (the body) with a skin. Now, fire being fervour, and the consecration being fervour, they thereby underwent an intermediate consecration; and because they underwent that intermediate consecration, therefore this intermediary consecration (avântaradîkshâ, is performed). They turned in their fingers more tightly and drew their zone tighter, whereby they (again) put round them what had been put round them before;--and so does he thereby make atonement for what heretofore he has done injurious to the vow, for what he has spoken injurious to the vow. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.4.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.1) - [Next: 3.4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.3) - [Up: 3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3) ## 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.3.4.3.2) — 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) - [Shakti and Shâkta: Essays and Addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.woodroffe-1918.c7.s1.15) — Woodroffe 1918, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.2) · Pramāṇa