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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.2.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.6)

aneno haike vācaṃ visarjayani | bhūrbhuvaḥ svariti yajñamāpyāyayāmo yajñaṃ saṃdadhma iti vadantastadu tathā na kuryānna ha sa yajñamāpyāyayati na saṃdadhāti ya etena vācaṃ visarjayati

> Now, some make him break silence by the formula, 'Earth! ether! sky!' arguing that thereby they strengthen the sacrifice, they heal, the sacrifice. But let him not do so; for he who breaks silence with that (formula) does not strengthen the sacrifice, does not heal the sacrifice.  
> — 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.3.2.2.6) — 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

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