[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) › 7.2.2.9 # Shatapatha Brahmana 7.2.2.9 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.9) sa dakṣiṇārdhenāgneḥ | antareṇa pariśritaḥ prācīm prathamāṃ sītāṃ kṛṣati śunaṃ su phālā vikṛṣantu bhūmiṃ śunaṃ kīnāśā abhiyantu vāhairiti śunaṃ śunamiti yadvai samṛddhaṃ tacunaṃ samardhayatyevaināmetat > On the right (south) side of the fire-altar, he ploughs first a furrow eastwards inside the enclosing-stones, with (Vâr. S. XII, 69; Rik S. IV, 57, 8), 'Right luckily may the plough-shares plough up the ground, luckily the tillers ply with their oxen!'--'luckily--luckily,' he says, 'for what is successful that is lucky:' he thus makes it (the furrow) successful. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 7.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.8) - [Next: 7.2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.10) - [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.7.2.2.9) — 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 (2) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7265) — Bloomfield 1906, English - [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c24.s2.2) — Bag 1997, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.2.9) · Pramāṇa