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# Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.4.2.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.4.2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.4.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2.6)

tasmādāhuḥ | mano devā manuṣyasyājānantīti manasā saṃkalpayati tatprāṇamapipadyate prāṇo vātaṃ vāto devebhya ācaṣṭe yathā puruṣasya manaḥ

> Wherefore they say, 'The gods know the mind of man.' In his mind he proposes; it passes on to the breath, and the breath to the wind, and the wind tells the gods what the mind of man is.  
> — 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.3.4.2.6) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.140.5) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s3.65) — Keith 1925, English

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