[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 4.2.3.6 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.2.3.6 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.2.3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.3.6) saiṣā kāmadughaivendrasyoddhāraḥ | tribhya evainam prātaḥsavana ukthebhyo vigṛhṇāti tribhyo mādhyandine savane tatṣaṭ kṛtvaḥ ṣaḍvā ṛtava ṛtavo vā imāntsarvānkāmānpacantyeteno haiṣā kāmadughaivendrasyoddhāraḥ > This (Ukthya graha) is the cow of plenty, Indra's special portion. At the morning feast he (the Adhvaryu) divides it for three songs of praise, and at the midday feast for three,--this makes six times, for there are six seasons, and the seasons mature all wishes here on earth: for this reason, then, this (libation) is the cow of plenty, Indra's special portion. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.3.5) - [Next: 4.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.3.7) - [Up: 4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.3) ## 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.4.2.3.6) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.181.5) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.3.6) · Pramāṇa