[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) › 6.2.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 6.2.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.2) tamagnirabravīt | upāhamāyānīti keneti paśubhiriti tatheti paśviṣṭakayā ha taduvācaiṣā vāva paśviṣṭakā yaddūrveṣṭakā tasmātprathamāyai svayamātṛṇāyā anantarhitā dūrveṣṭakopadhīyate tasmādasyā anantarhitā oṣadhayo 'nantarhitāḥ paśavo 'nantarhito 'gniranantarhito hyeṣa etayopait > Agni said to him (Pragâpati), 'I will step nigh!'--'Wherewith?'--'With cattle!'--'So be it!' He thereby doubtless meant to say, 'with the cattle-brick;' for that cattle-brick is the same as the dûrvâ-brick: hence the dûrvâ-brick is laid so as not to be separated from the first naturally-perforated one; hence also not separated from this earth are the plants, the cattle, the fire,--for not separated (from the earth) he (Agni) stepped nigh with this (brick). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 6.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.1) - [Next: 6.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.3) - [Up: 6.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3) ## 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.6.2.3.2) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.2) · Pramāṇa