[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) › 4.3.2.3 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.3.2.3 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.3) prajāpatirvā udgātāḥ | yoṣargghotā sa etatprajāpatirudgātā yoṣāyāmṛci hotari retaḥ siñcati yatstute taddhotā śastreṇa prajanayati tacyati yathāyam puruṣaḥ śitastadyadenacyati tasmācastraṃ nāma > Now the Udgâtri is Pragâpati, and the Hotri, (being) the Rik (fem.), is a female. And when he chants, then the Udgâtri, Pragâpati, implants seed in the female Hotri, the Rik; this the Hotri brings forth by means of the sastra (recitation), he sharpens it even as this man is sharpened, and because he thereby sharpens (so) therefore it is called sastra. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.2) - [Next: 4.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.4) - [Up: 4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2) ## 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.4.3.2.3) — 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) - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.150) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.3) · Pramāṇa