[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) › 4.5.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.5.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.5.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.5.2.2) na vai tadavakalpate | yadekām manyamānā ekayevaitayā careyuryaddve manyamānā dvābhyāmiva careyu sthālīṃ caivoṣṇīṣaṃ copakalpayitavai brūyāt > For surely it is not right that, thinking it to be one (cow), they should perform, as it were, with that one; or that, thinking them to be two, they should perform, as it were, with two. Let him bid (the slaughterer) get ready the pot (sthâlî) and the cloth (ushnîsha). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.5.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.5.2.1) - [Next: 4.5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.5.2.3) - [Up: 4.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.5.2) ## 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.4.5.2.2) — 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.4.5.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.5.2.2) · Pramāṇa