[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) › 6.2.2.4 # Shatapatha Brahmana 6.2.2.4 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.4) yadvevaikaviṃśatiḥ | ekaviṃśo vai puruṣo daśa hastyā aṅgulayo daśa pādyā ātmaikaviṃśaḥ puruṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatiragniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametatsaminddhe > And, again, why there are twenty-one;--man (purusha) doubtless is twenty-onefold, ten fingers of the hand, ten toes, and the body (make) the twenty-onefold man Pragâpati; and Pragâpati is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much he thus kindles him. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 6.2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.3) - [Next: 6.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.5) - [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.6.2.2.4) — 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) - [Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.muir-1868.v4.c27.s2.5) — Muir 1858, English - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2820) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.2.4) · Pramāṇa