[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) › 8.4.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 8.4.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.4.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.4.2.2) sa devānabravīt | yuṣmābhiḥ sahemāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni pāpmano mṛtyo spṛṇavānīti kiṃ nastato bhaviṣyatīti vṛṇīdhvamityabravīttam bhāgo no 'stvityeke 'bruvannādhipatyaṃ no 'stvityeke sa bhāgamekebhyaḥ kṛtvādhipatyamekebhyaḥ sarvāṇ i bhūtāni pāpmano mṛtyoraspṛṇodyadaspṛṇottasmātspṛtastathaivaitadyajamāno bhāgamekebhyaḥ kṛtvādhipatyamekebhyaḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni pāpmano mṛtyo spṛṇoti tasmādu sarvāsveva spṛtaṃ-spṛtamityanuvartate > He spake to the gods, 'With you I will free all these beings from evil, from death!'--'What will accrue unto us therefrom?'--'Choose ye!' said he.--'Let there be a share for us!' said some to him. 'Let lordship be unto us!' said others. Having bestowed a share on some, and lordship on others, he freed all beings from evil, from death; and inasmuch as he freed (spri) them, therefore (those bricks are called) 'Spritah.' And in like manner does this Sacrificer, by bestowing a share on some, and lordship on others, now free all beings from evil, from death; and hence (the word) 'spritam (freed)' recurs with all of them. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 8.4.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.4.2.1) - [Next: 8.4.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.4.2.3) - [Up: 8.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.4.2) ## 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.8.4.2.2) — 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.8.4.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.4.2.2) · Pramāṇa