[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) › 7.3.2.3 # Shatapatha Brahmana 7.3.2.3 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.3.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.3) yadveva prokṣati | havirvā etattadetadabhighārayati yadvai havirabhyaktaṃ yadabhighāritaṃ tajjuṣṭaṃ tanmedhyamājyenājyena hi havirabhighārayanti tūṣṇīṃ tūṣṇīṃ hi havirabhighārayanti darbhaiste hi śuddhā medhyā agrairagraṃ hi devānām > And, again, why he sprinkles,--this (layer of bricks) is sacrificial food, and as such he bastes it; for whatever sacrificial food is buttered, and basted, that is palatable and sacrificially clean. With ghee (he bastes it), for sacrificial food is basted with ghee; silently (he does so), for silently sacrificial food is basted;--by means of stalks of Kusa grass, for these are pure, and sacrificially clean;--by means of the tops, for the top is sacred to the gods. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 7.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.2) - [Next: 7.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.4) - [Up: 7.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2) ## 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.7.3.2.3) — 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.7.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.3) · Pramāṇa