[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) › 3.4.3.3 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.4.3.3 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.4.3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.3) so 'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyaṅgayate | tapo vā agnistapo dīkṣā tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupaiti saṃtarāmaṅgulīracate saṃtarām mekhalām paryastāmevaināmetatsatīm paryasyate prajāmu haiva taddevā upāyan > By means of the fire they (the priests) envelop him with a skin. Now, fire being fervour, and the consecration being fervour, he thereby undergoes an intermediate consecration. He turns in his fingers more tightly and draws the zone tighter, whereby he (again) puts round himself what was put round him before. Moreover, it was offspring the gods thereby obtained. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.2) - [Next: 3.4.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.4) - [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.3.4.3.3) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.3.3) · Pramāṇa