[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) › 4.3.4.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.3.4.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4.2) sa eṣa yajño hato na dadakṣe | taṃ devā dakṣiṇābhiradakṣayaṃstadyadenaṃ dakṣiṇābhiradakṣayaṃstasmāddakṣiṇā nāma tadyadevātra yajñasya hatasya vyathate tadevāsyaitaddakṣiṇābhirdakṣayatyatha samṛddha eva yajño bhavati tasmāddakṣiṇā dadāti > When slain, that sacrifice was no longer vigorous. By means of dakshinâs (gifts to the priests) the gods invigorated it: hence the name dakshinâ, because thereby they invigorated (dakshay) it. Whatever, therefore, fails in this sacrifice, when slain, that he now invigorates by means of gifts to the priests; then the sacrifice becomes indeed successful: for this reason he makes gifts to the priests. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4.1) - [Next: 4.3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4.3) - [Up: 4.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4) ## 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.4.3.4.2) — 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 ## Discussed in (1) - [Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.eliot-1921.v1.c11.31) — Eliot 1921, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.4.2) · Pramāṇa