[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) › 7.2.2.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 7.2.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.8) sa vā ātmānameva vikṛṣati | na pakṣapucānyātmaṃstadannaṃ dadhāti yadu vā ātmannannaṃ dhīyate tadātmānamavati tatpakṣapucānyatha yatpakṣapuceṣu naiva tadātmānamavati na pakṣapucāni > Only the body (of the altar-site) he ploughs through, not the wings and tail: he thus puts food into the body. And, indeed, the food which is put into the body benefits the body as well as the wings and tail; but that which (is put) into the wings and tail does not benefit either the body or the wings and tail. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 7.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.7) - [Next: 7.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.9) - [Up: 7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2) ## 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.7.2.2.8) — 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.7.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.8) · Pramāṇa