[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) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 8.6.2.19 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.6.2.19 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.6.2.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.6.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.2.19) tadete sāmanidhane abhyukte | arko devānām parame vyomannarkasya devāḥ parame vyomannityetadvai devānāṃ viśatām prajāpatiruttamo 'viśattasmādāhārko devānām parame vyomannityatha yadāhārkasya devāḥ parame vyomannityayaṃ vā agnirarkastasyaitaduttamāyāṃ citau sarve devā viṣṭāstasmādāhārkasya devāḥ parame vyomanniti > It is with reference to this that these two sâma-nidhanas (finales of sâman-hymns) are uttered,--'The light (is) in the highest heaven of the gods,' and, 'The gods (are) in the highest heaven of the light;'--for when on that occasion the gods were entering (heaven), Pragâpati was the last to enter: that is why he says, 'The light (is) in the highest heaven of the gods.' And as to why he says, 'The gods (are) in the highest heaven of light,'--the light, doubtless, is this Agni (the fire-altar), and it is on his highest layer that all the gods have thus entered: this is why he says, 'The gods are in the highest heaven of light.' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 8.6.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.2.18) - [Next: 8.6.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.3.1) - [Up: 8.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.2) ## 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.8.6.2.19) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c10.149) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.816) — Maurice Bloomfield, English - [Citikāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.74.19) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.6.2.19) · Pramāṇa