[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 3.2.3.23 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.3.23 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.3.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3.23) sa vai pañca prāyaṇīye devatā yajati | pañcodayanīye tasmātpañcetthādaṅgulayaḥ pañcetthāttacamyvantam bhavati na patnīḥ saṃyājayanti pūrvārdhaṃ vā anvātmano bāhū pūrvārdhamevaitadyajñasyābhisaṃskaroti tasmācamyvantam bhavati na patnīḥ saṃyājayanti > To five deities he offers at the Prâyanîya, and to five at the Udayanîya: hence there are five fingers here and five there. This (Prâyanîya offering) ends with the Samyu. They perform no Patnîsamyâgas. For the arms are on the fore-part of the body, and the fore-part of the sacrifice he perfects by this (opening ceremony). This is why it ends with the Samyu, and why no Patnîsamyâgas are performed. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3.22) - [Next: 3.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.1) - [Up: 3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3) ## 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.3.2.3.23) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.129.22) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.3.23) · Pramāṇa