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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.3.2.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.2.4)

yadyuṣṇīṣaṃ vindet | uṣṇīṣaḥ syādyadyuṣṇīṣaṃ na vindetsomaparyāṇahanasyaiva dvyaṅgulaṃ vā tryaṅgulaṃ vāvakṛnteduṣṇīṣabhājanamadhvaryurvā yajamāno vā somopanahamādatte ya eva kaśca somaparyāṇahanam

> If he can get a head-band, let there be a headband; but if he cannot get a head-band, let him cut off from the Soma-wrapper a piece two or three fingers long, to serve as the head-band. Either the Adhvaryu or the Sacrificer takes the Soma-cloth, and some one or other the Soma-wrapper.  
> — 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.3.3.2.4) — 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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