[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) › 3.9.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 3.9.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.9.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.3.2) atha rājānamupāvaharati | iyaṃ vai pratiṣṭhā janūrāsām prajānāmimāmevaitatpratiṣṭhāmabhyupāvaharati tamasyai tanute tamasyai janayati > He (the Adhvaryu) takes down the king (Soma). Now this (earth) is a safe resting-place, and the birth-place of living beings; it is to this safe resting-place that he now takes him down; he spreads him thereon, produces him therefrom. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.9.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.3.1) - [Next: 3.9.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.3.3) - [Up: 3.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.3) ## 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.3.9.3.2) — 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) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t15.16) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.9.3.2) · Pramāṇa