[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) › 7.2.3.3 # Shatapatha Brahmana 7.2.3.3 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.3.3) sītāsamare | vāgvai sītāsamaraḥ prāṇā vai sītāstāsāmayaṃ samayo vācī vai prāṇebhyo 'nnaṃ dhīyate madhyato madhyata evāsminnetadannaṃ dadhāti tūṣṇīmaniruktaṃ vai tadyatūṣṇīṃ sarvaṃ vā aniruktaṃ sarveṇaivāsminnetadanne dadhāti > \[He places it\] at the meeting of the furrows, for the meeting of furrows is speech (the mouth), and the furrows (channels) are the vital airs; and this is their place of meeting; and in the mouth food is put for the vital airs. In the middle (he places the bunch), whereby he puts it into the very middle of him; silently (he does so), for what is silent is undefined, and the undefined is everything: with everything he thus puts food into him. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 7.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.3.2) - [Next: 7.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.3.4) - [Up: 7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.3) ## 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.7.2.3.3) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.2.3.3) · Pramāṇa