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# Mantrabrahmana 2.2.5

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.2.5)

yat paśavas pra-dhyāyata  
manasā hṛdayena ca /  
vācā sahasra-pāśayā  
prati-badhnāmi vas manas //

> What you, O cattle, meditate upon / with mind and with heart: / with speech of a thousand snares / I bind fast your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha~en-mt.2.2.5) — English, machine translation

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- [Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.2.5) — Sanskrit

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