[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) › 3.3.4.26 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.3.4.26 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.4.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.26) atha catvāro rājāsandīmādadate | dvau vā asmai mānuṣāya rājña ādadāte athaitāṃ catvāro yo 'sya sakṛtsarvasyeṣṭe > Thereupon four men take up the king's throne; two men, it is true, take it up for the human king, but four take up this for him who rules over everything here. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.25) - [Next: 3.3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.27) - [Up: 3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4) ## 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.3.3.4.26) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.299) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Adhvarakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.9.26) — Sanskrit - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.48) — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.3.4.26) · Pramāṇa