[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) › 7.5.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 7.5.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.5.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.5.2.2) yadvevokhāyām | yonirvā ukhā paśavaḥ paśuśīrṣāṇi yonau tatpaśūnpratiṣṭhāpayati tasmādadyamānāḥ pacyamānāḥ paśavo na kṣīyante yonau hyenānpratiṣṭhāpayati > And as to why (he puts the heads) in the fire-pan;--the fire-pan being a womb, and the heads of the victims being animals, he thus establishes the animals in the womb: hence animals, though being eaten and cooked, do not diminish, for he establishes them in the womb. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 7.5.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.5.2.1) - [Next: 7.5.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.5.2.3) - [Up: 7.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.5.2) ## 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.7.5.2.2) — 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.7.5.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.5.2.2) · Pramāṇa