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# Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.3.4.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.4.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.3.4.6)

so 'bhyādadhāti | vītihotraṃ tvā kave dyumantaṃ samidhīmahi agne bṛhantamadhvara ityetayā gāyatryā gāyatrīmevaitatsamindhe sā gāyatrī samiddhānyāni candāṃsi samindhe candāṃsi samiddhānidevebhyo yajñaṃ vahanti

> He puts it on, with the gâyatrî stanza (Vâg. S. II, 4), 'Thee, O Sage, who callest (the gods) to the feast, we will kindle so as to shine brilliantly; thee, O Agni, mighty at the sacrifice!' He thereby kindles the gâyatrî; the gâyatrî, when kindled, kindles the other metres; and the metres, when kindled, carry the sacrifice to the gods.  
> — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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## 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.1.3.4.6) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t9.37) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7119) — Maurice Bloomfield, English

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