[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 4.6.2 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.6.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.6.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.6.2.1) etaṃ vā ete gacanti | ṣaḍbhirmāsairya eṣa tapati ye saṃvatsaramāsate taducyata eva sāmato yathaitasya rūpaṃ kriyata ucyata ṛkto 'thaitadeva yajuṣṭaḥ puraścaraṇato yadetaṃ gṛhṇantyeteno evainaṃ gacanti > Verily, they who sit (sacrificing) for a year, by means of six months go to him that burns yonder: so it is told on the part of the Sâman, in as much as it is made of the form of that (sun) it is told on the part of the Rik; and now in like manner on the part of the Yagus, by means of preparatory rite, when they draw that (graha), they thereby also go to him (the sun). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ### [4.6.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.6.2.2) athāto gṛhṇātyeva | udu tyaṃ jātavedasaṃ devaṃ vahanti ketavaḥ dṛśe viśvāya sūryam upayāmagṛhīto 'si sūryāya tvā bhrājāyaiṣa te yoniḥ sūryāya tvā bhrājāyeti > He thus takes it therefrom with (Vâg. S. VIII, 41; Rig-veda I, 50, 1), 'The lights bear on high that divine knower of beings, Sûrya, that all may see him!--Thou art drawn with a support: thee to Sûrya nor splendour!--This is thy womb: thee to Sûrya for splendour!' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) ## 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.4.6.2.1) — 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 (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2.23) — Kane 1930, English - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7670) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.6.2) · Pramāṇa