[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) › 6.2.2.26 # Shatapatha Brahmana 6.2.2.26 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.2.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.26) amāvāsyāyāṃ dīkṣate | amāvāsyāyai vā adhi yajñastāyate yato yajñastāyate tato yajñaṃ janayānīti > He performs the initiation on the day of new moon; for from out of the new moon the sacrifice is spread: 'Whence the sacrifice is spread, thence will I generate the sacrifice,' so he thinks. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 6.2.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.25) - [Next: 6.2.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.27) - [Up: 6.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2) ## 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.6.2.2.26) — 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.6.2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.26) · Pramāṇa