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# Shatapatha Brahmana 4.1.2.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.1.2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.1.2.2)

atha yasmādantaryāmo nāma | yo vai prāṇaḥ sa udānaḥ sa vyānastamevāsminnetatparāñcam prāṇaṃ dadhāti yadupāṃśu gṛhṇāti tamevāsminnetatpratyañcamudānaṃ dadhāti yadantaryāmaṃ gṛhṇāti so 'syāyamudāno 'ntarātmanyatastadyadasyaiṣo 'ntarātmanyato yadvainenemāḥ prajā yatāstasmādantaryāmo nāma

> Now as to why it is called Antaryâma. That which is the out-breathing is also the in-breathing and the through-breathing. Now, in drawing the Upâmsu (graha), he puts into him that out-breathing which tends away from him; and in drawing the Antaryâma, he puts into him that in-breathing which tends towards him. But this same in-breathing is confined within his self; and because it is confined (yam) within (antar) his self, or because these creatures are sustained (yam) by it, therefore it is called Antaryâma.  
> — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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## 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.4.1.2.2) — 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)

- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.60) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English

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