[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 6.2.3.7 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.2.3.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.2.3.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.7) tadetā vāva ṣaḍ devatāḥ | idaṃ sarvamabhavanyadidaṃ kiṃ ca te devāśca 'rṣayaścābruvannimā vāva ṣaḍ devatā idaṃ sarvamabhūvannupa tajjānīta yathā vayamihāpyasāmeti te 'bruvaṃścetagradhvamiti citimicateti vāva tadabruvaṃstadicata yathā vayamihāpyasāmeti teṣāṃ cetayamānānāṃ devā dvitīyāṃ citimapaśyannṛṣayaścaturthīm > These six deities forsooth became all this (universe), whatsoever exists here. The gods and the Rishis said, 'Those six deities forsooth have become all this (universe): bethink ye yourselves how we also may share therein!' They said, 'Meditate ye!' whereby doubtless they meant to say, 'Seek ye a layer! seek ye how we also may share in this! Whilst they were meditating, the gods saw a second, the Rishis a fourth, layer. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 6.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.6) - [Next: 6.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.8) - [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.6.2.3.7) — 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.6.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.2.3.7) · Pramāṇa