[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) › 4.2.4.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.2.4.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.2.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.4.2) yadvā asyāvācīnaṃ nābheḥ | tadasyaiṣa ātmanaḥ so 'syaiṣa āyureva tasmādanayā gṛhṇātyasyai hi sthālī bhavati sthālyā hyenaṃ gṛhṇātyajarā hīyamamṛtājaraṃ hyamṛtamāyustasmādanayā gṛhṇāti > Now, what part of him there is below the navel, that part of his self, that vital energy of his, is this (Dhruva): hence he draws it by means of this (earth), because of her is the bowl (sthâlî), and with a bowl he draws it;--for undecaying and immortal is this (earth), and undecaying and immortal is the vital energy: therefore he draws it by means of this (earth). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.4.1) - [Next: 4.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.4.3) - [Up: 4.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.4) ## 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.4.2.4.2) — 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.4.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.2.4.2) · Pramāṇa