[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) › 5.3.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 5.3.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.3.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2.2) svarbhānurha vā āsuraḥ | sūryaṃ tamasā vivyādha sa tamasā viddho na vyarocata tasya somārudrāvevaitattamo 'pāhatāṃ sa eṣo 'pahatapāpmā tapati tatho evaiṣa etattamaḥ praviśatyetaṃ vā tamaḥ praviśati yadayajñiyānyajñena prasajatyayajñiyānvā etadyajñena prasajati śūdrāṃstvadyāṃstvattasya somārudrāvevaitattamo 'pahataḥ so 'pahatapāpmaiva dīkṣate tadyacvetāyai śvetavatsāyai payasi śṛto bhavati kṛṣṇaṃ vai tamastattamo 'pahanti tasyaiṣaiva śvetā śvetavatsā dakṣiṇā > Now, once upon a time, Svarbhânu, the Âsura, struck the sun with darkness, and stricken with darkness he did not shine. Soma and Rudra removed that darkness of his; and freed from evil he burns yonder. And in like manner does that (king) thereby enter darkness,--or darkness enters him,--when he puts those unworthy of sacrifice in contact with the sacrifice; and he does indeed now put those unworthy of sacrifice--either Sûdras or whomever else--in contact with the sacrifice. It is Soma and Rudra who remove that darkness of his; and freed from evil he becomes consecrated. And as to why it is cooked in milk from a white (cow) which has a white calf,--darkness is black: that darkness he removes. The sacrificial fee for this (oblation) is a white (cow) which has a white calf. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 5.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2.1) - [Next: 5.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2.3) - [Up: 5.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2) ## 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.5.3.2.2) — 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 ## Discussed in (9) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c62.261) — Kane 1930, English - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c30.s1.22) — Majumdar et al. 1951, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s3.t3.351) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [Bhāratīya Jyotiḥśāstra (History of Indian Astronomy), translated by R. V. Vaidya](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.dikshit-1896.v1.c6.s3.t48.12) — Dīkṣita & Vaidya 1896, English - [The Hindu Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v2.c11.s4.33) — Kramrisch 1946, English - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.80) — Sharma 1958, English - [Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.kirfel-1920.c7.s1.t7.48) — Kirfel 1920, German - [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c21.41) — Pargiter 1922, English - [A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.ghoshal-1923.c7.53) — Ghoshal 1923, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2.2) · Pramāṇa