[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) › 8.3.3.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 8.3.3.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.3.3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.3.2) yadveva candasyā upadadhāti | paśavo vai candāṃsyannm paśavo madhyam madhyamā citirmadhyatastadannaṃ dadhāti > And, again, as to why he lays down Khandasyâs,--the metres are cattle, and cattle are food, and the middlemost layer is the middle (of Agni, the altar): he thus places food in the middle (of Agni's body). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 8.3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.3.1) - [Next: 8.3.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.3.3) - [Up: 8.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.3) ## 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.8.3.3.2) — 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.8.3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.3.3.2) · Pramāṇa