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# Shatapatha Brahmana 6.2.3.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.3.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.3)

te 'bruvan | cetayadhvameveti citimicateti vāva tadabruvannita ūrdhvamicateti teṣāṃ cetayamānānāmindrāgnī ca viśvakarmā cāntarikṣaṃ dvitīyāṃ svayamātṛṇāṃ citimapaśyaṃstasmāttāminprāgnibhyāṃ ca viśvakarmaṇā copadadhāti

> They said, 'Meditate ye yet!' whereby no doubt they meant to say, 'Seek ye a layer! seek ye (to build) from hence upwards!' Whilst they were meditating, Indra and Agni, and Visvakarman saw the air, as a second naturally-perforated layer: hence he lays on that (brick) by means of Indra and Agni, and Visvakarman.  
> — 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.6.2.3.3) — 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

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