[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) › 3.7.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.7.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3.2) tato devā etaṃ vajraṃ dadṛśuḥ | yadyūpaṃ tamuciśriyustasmādbhīṣā prāvlīyanta tataścatuṣpādā abhavaṃstato 'nnamabhavanyathedamannam bhūtā etasmai hi vā ete 'tiṣṭhanta tasmādyūpa eva paśumālabhante narte yūpātkadā cana > Then the gods perceived that thunderbolt, to wit, the sacrificial stake; they raised it, and from fear thereof they (the animals) shrunk together and thus became four-footed, and thus became food, as they are now become food, for they submitted thereto: wherefore they immolate the animal only at a stake and never without a stake. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.7.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3.1) - [Next: 3.7.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3.3) - [Up: 3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3) ## 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.3.7.3.2) — 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 (2) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.35) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t12.46) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.3.2) · Pramāṇa