[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) › 4.3.2.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.3.2.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.7) caturakṣarāṇi ha vā agre candāṃsyāsuḥ | tato jagatī somamacāpatatsā trīṇykṣarāṇi hitvājagāma tatastriṣṭupsomamacāpatatsaikamakṣaraṃ hitvājagāma tato gāyatrī somamacāpatatsaitāni cākṣarāṇi harantyāgacatsomaṃ ca tato 'ṣṭākṣarā gāyatryabhavattasmādāhuraṣṭākṣarā gāyatrīti > Now, in the beginning the metres consisted of four syllables. Then Gagatî flew up for Soma and came back, leaving behind three syllables. Then Trishtubh flew up for Soma and came back, leaving behind one syllable. Then Gâyatrî flew up for Soma, and she came back bringing with her those syllables as well as Soma. Thus she came to consist of eight syllables: wherefore they say, 'Gâyatrî is octosyllabic.' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.6) - [Next: 4.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.8) - [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.4.3.2.7) — 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) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2803) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.7) · Pramāṇa