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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.2.4.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.4.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.2.4.3)

te hocuḥ | yoṣitkāmā vai gandharvā vācamevaibhyaḥ prahiṇavāma sā naḥ saha somenāgamiṣyatīti tebhyo vācam prāhiṇvantsaināntsaha somenāgacat

> They said, 'The Gandharvas are fond of women: let us send Vâk (speech) to them, and she will return to us together with Soma.' They sent Vâk to them, and she returned to them together with Soma.  
> — 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.3.2.4.3) — 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)

- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s4.65) — Keith 1925, English
- [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.97) — Mookerji 1947, English

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