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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.4.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.4.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.2)

tebhyo gāyatrī somamacāpatat | tasyā āharantyai gandharvo viśvāvasuḥ paryamuṣṇātte devā aviduḥ pracyuto vai parastātsomo 'tha no nāgacati gandharvā vai paryamoṣiṣuriti

> Gâyatrî flew up to Soma for them. While she was carrying him off, the Gandharva Visvâvasu stole him from her. The gods were aware of this,--'Soma has indeed been removed from yonder (sky), but he comes not to us, for the Gandharvas have stolen him.'  
> — 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.3.2.4.2) — 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 (2)

- [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v1.c8.s7.153) — Winternitz 1927, English
- [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905.v1.c8.s7.122) — Winternitz 1905, German

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