[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) › 3.4.2.8 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.4.2.8 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.4.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2.8) te devāḥ | juṣṭāstanūḥ priyāṇi dhāmāni sārdhaṃ samavadadire te hocuretena naḥ sa nānāsadetena viṣvaṅyo na etadatikrāmāditi taddevā apyetarhi nātikrāmanti ke hi syuryadatikrāmeyuranṛtaṃ hi vadeyurekaṃ ha vai devā vrataṃ caranti satyameva tasmādeṣāṃ jitamanapajayyaṃ tasmādyaśa evaṃ ha vā asya jitamanapajayyamevaṃ yaśo bhavati ya evaṃ vidvāntsatyaṃ vadati tadetattānūnaptraṃ nidānena > The gods laid down together their favourite forms and desirable powers, and said, 'Thereby he shall be away from us, he shall be scattered to the winds, whosoever shall transgress this (covenant) of ours!' And even now the gods do not transgress that (covenant), for how would they fare, were they to transgress it?--they would speak untruth, and verily there is one law which the gods do keep, namely, the truth. It is through this that their conquest, their glory is unassailable: and so, forsooth, is his conquest, his glory unassailable whosoever, knowing this, speaks the truth. Now, the Tânûnaptra is really that same (covenant of the gods). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.4.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2.7) - [Next: 3.4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2.9) - [Up: 3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2) ## 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.3.4.2.8) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.140.7) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c8.s13.4) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s4.19) — Keith 1925, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.4.2.8) · Pramāṇa