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# Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.2.4.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.2.4.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.13.2.4.2)

sa yadgrāmyaiḥ saṃsthāpayet samadhvānaḥ krāmeyuḥ samantikaṃ grāmayorgrāmāntau syātāṃ narkṣīkāḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ parimoṣiṇa āvyādhinyastaskarā araṇyeṣvājāyeranyadāraṇyairvyadhvānaḥ krāmeyurvidūraṃ grāmayorgrāmāntau syātāmṛkṣīkāḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ parimoṣiṇa āvyādhinyastaskarā araṇyeṣvājāyeran

> Were he to complete (the sacrifice) with tame ones, the roads would run together, the village-boundaries of two villages would be contiguous, and no ogres, man-tigers, thieves, murderers, and robbers would come to be in the forests. By (so doing) with wild (beasts) the roads would run asunder, the village-boundaries of two villages would be far asunder; and there would come to be ogres, man-tigers, thieves, murderers, and robbers in the forests.  
> — 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.13.2.4.2) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.455.2) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (4)

- [Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v1.c6.s11.260) — Acharya 1927, English
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s12.501) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c19.s8.16) — Keith 1925, English
- [Die Religion des Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c6.s1.135) — Oldenberg 1894, German

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