[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) › 6.4.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 6.4.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.4.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.4.2.2) athainam parigṛhṇāti | abhryā ca dakṣiṇato hastena ca hastenaivottaratastvāmagne puṣkarādadhyatharvā niramanthatetyāpo vai puṣkaram prāṇo 'tharvā prāṇo vā etamagre 'dbhyo niramanthanmūrdhno viśvasya vāghata ityasya sarvasya mūrdhna ityetat > He then takes hold of it with the (right) hand and spade on the right side; and with the (left) hand on the left side, with, 'From the lotus Atharvan churned thee forth,'--the lotus doubtless means the waters, and Atharvan is the breath; and the breath indeed churned him (Agni, the fire) out of the waters at first;--'from the head of every offerer,'--that is, 'from the head of this All (universe).' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 6.4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.4.2.1) - [Next: 6.4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.4.2.3) - [Up: 6.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.4.2) ## 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.6.4.2.2) — 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 ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.535) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.6.4.2.2) · Pramāṇa