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# Shatapatha Brahmana 2.3.3.8

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.3.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.2.3.3.8)

sa yasya kāmayate | tasya prāṇamādāyodeti sa mriyate sa yo haitam mṛtyumanatimucyāthāmuṃ lokameti yathā haivāsmiṃloke na saṃyatamādriyate yadā yadaiva kāmayate 'tha mārayatyevamu haivāmuṣmiṃloke punaḥpunareva pramārayati

> And the breath of whomsoever he (the sun) wishes he takes and rises, and that one dies. And whosoever goes to yonder world not having escaped that Death, him he causes to die again and again in yonder world, even as, in this world, one regards not him that is fettered, but puts him to death whenever one wishes.  
> — 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.2.3.3.8) — 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)

- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s10.92) — Keith 1925, English

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