[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) › 4.2.1.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.2.1.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.2.1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.1.2) taṃ saktubhiḥ śrīṇāti | tadenam manthaṃ karoti teno eṣa manthyetau ha vā āsām prajānāṃ cakṣuṣī ma yaddhaitau nodiyātāṃ na haiveha svau cana pāṇī nirjānīyuḥ > He mixes it with (barley) meal: thus he makes it to be gruel (mantha), whence it is (called) Manthin. Now those two (sun and moon); forsooth, are the eyes of these creatures; for were those two not to rise, these (creatures) could not distinguish even their own hands. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.1.1) - [Next: 4.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.1.3) - [Up: 4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.1) ## 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.4.2.1.2) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.1.2) · Pramāṇa