[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) › 8.3.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 8.3.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.3.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.2.2) yadveva viśvajyotiṣamupadadhāti | prajā vai viśvajyotiḥ prajā hyeva viśvaṃ jyotiḥ prajananamevaitadupadadhāti tāmanantarhitāṃ diśyābhyā upadadhāti dikṣu tatprajā dadhāti tasmātsarvāsu dikṣu prajāḥ > And, again, as to why he lays down the Visvagyotis,--the Visvagyotis, doubtless, is offspring (or creatures), for offspring indeed is all the light: he thus lays generative power (into that world). He places it so as not to be separated from the regional ones: he thus places creatures in the regions, and hence there are creatures in all the regions. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 8.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.2.1) - [Next: 8.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.2.3) - [Up: 8.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.2) ## 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.8.3.2.2) — 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.8.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.2.2) · Pramāṇa