[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) › 7.3.2.8 # Shatapatha Brahmana 7.3.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.3.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.8) taddhaike 'nvāhuḥ | purīṣyāso agnayaḥ prāvaṇabhiḥ sajoṣasa iti prāyaṇarūpaṃ na tathā kuryādāgneyīreva gāyatrīḥ kāmavatīranubrūyādā te vatso mano yamattubhyaṃ tā aṅgirastamāgniḥ priyeṣu dhāmasviti > Now some recite (Vâg. S. XII, 50), 'The Agnis Purîshyas, together with those of the streams,'--a form of starting. Let him not do so; let him recite gâyatrî verses addressed to Agni, and relating to (objects of) desire: (Vâg. S. XII, 115; Rik S. VIII, II, 7), 'Hither may Vatsa lead thy mind even from the highest seat, O Agni, with the song desirous of thee!'--(Vâg. S. XII, 116; Rik S. VIII, 43,18), 'To thee, O Agni, best of Aṅgiras, all good homesteads have laid themselves out for (the obtainment of) their desire.'--(Vâg. S. XII, 117), 'Agni, the one all-ruler, shineth in the beloved homes, the (object of) desire of all that is and shall be.' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 7.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.7) - [Next: 7.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.9) - [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.7.3.2.8) — 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 ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.121) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.3.2.8) · Pramāṇa