[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) › 9.3.2.7 # Shatapatha Brahmana 9.3.2.7 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.3.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.3.2.7) etadvai devā abruvan | kenemānkāmānpratigrahīṣyāma ityātmanaivetyabruvanyajño vai devānāmātmā yajña u eva yajamānasya sa yadāha yajñena kalpantamityātmanā me kalpantāmityevaitadāha > The gods now spake, 'Through whom shall we receive these objects of desire? By our own self,' they said; for the sacrifice is the self of the gods, and so is the sacrifice that of the Sacrificer; and when he says, 'By the sacrifice they shall prosper!' he means to say, 'By my own self they shall prosper!' > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 9.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.3.2.6) - [Next: 9.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.3.2.8) - [Up: 9.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.3.2) ## 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.9.3.2.7) — 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 ## Discussed in (1) - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.194) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.3.2.7) · Pramāṇa