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# Shatapatha Brahmana 5.2.4.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.4.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.2.4.2)

atha varuṇapraghāsairyajate | varuṇapraghāsairvai prajāpatiḥ prajā varuṇapāśātprāmuñcattā asyānamīvā akilviṣāḥ prajā prājāyantānamīvā akilviṣāḥ prajā abhi sūyā iti tatho evaiṣa etadvaruṇapraghāsaireva prajā varuṇapāśātpramuñcati tā asyānamīvā akilviṣāḥ prajāḥ prajāyante 'namīva akilviṣāḥ prajā abhi sūyā iti

> He then offers the Varunapraghâsâh; for by means of the Varunapraghâsâh Pragâpati delivered the creatures from Varuna's noose, and those creatures of his were produced healthy and faultless: 'May I be consecrated for healthy, faultless creatures!' he thought. And in like manner does this (Sacrificer) now, by the Varunapraghâsâh, deliver the creatures from Varuna's noose, and those creatures of his are produced healthy and faultless: 'May I be consecrated for healthy, faultless creatures!' so he thinks.  
> — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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## 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.5.2.4.2) — 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)

- [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.80) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English

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