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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.2.8

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.2.8)

athāgnimabhyāvṛtya vācaṃ visṛjate | na ha sa yajñamāpyāyayati na saṃdadhāti yo 'to 'nyena vācaṃ visṛjate sa prathamaṃ vyāharantsatyaṃ vāco 'bhivyāharati

> Moreover, he breaks silence, after turning round towards the fire. He, on the other hand, who breaks silence with any other (formula) but this, does not strengthen the sacrifice, does not heal the sacrifice. In pronouncing the first (part of the formula) he utters the truth of speech.  
> — 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.3.2.2.8) — 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

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