[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) › 3.7.2.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.7.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.2.8) atha patnībhyaḥ patnīyūpamucrayanti | sarvatvāya nveva patnīyūpa ucrāyate tattvāṣṭram paśumālabhate tvaṣṭā vai siktaṃ reto vikaroti tadeṣa evaitatsiktaṃ reto vikaroti muṣkaro bhavatyeṣa vai prajanayitā yanmuṣkarastasmānmuṣkaro bhavati taṃ na saṃsthāpayetparyagnikṛtamevotsṛjetsa yatsaṃsthāpayetprajāyai hāntamiyāttatprajāmutsṛjati tasmānna saṃsthāpayetparyagnikṛtamevotsṛjet > Thereupon they set up the wife-stake for the wives. It is for the sake of completeness, forsooth, that the wife-stake is set up: there they seize (and bind) the victim for Tvashtri, for Tvashtri fashions the cast seed, and hence he fashions the seed now cast. It (the victim to Tvashtri) is an animal with testicles, for such a one is a begetter. Let him not slay that one, but let him set it free after fire has been carried round it. Were he to slay it, there would assuredly be an end to offspring, but in this way he sets free the offspring. Therefore let him not slay it, but let him set it free after fire has been carried round it. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.7.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.2.7) - [Next: 3.7.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3.1) - [Up: 3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.2) ## 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.3.7.2.8) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.156.7) — 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.v2.c7.s2.t1.27) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.2.8) · Pramāṇa