[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) › 3.5.3.19 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.5.3.19 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.3.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.19) tadāhuḥ | uttaravedeḥ pratyaṅ prakrāmettrīnvikramāṃstaddhavirdhāne sthāpayetsā havirdhānayormātreti nātra mātrāsti yatraiva svayam manasā manyeta nāhaiva satrātyantike no dūre tatsthāpayet > As to this they say, 'Let him stride three steps from the high altar westward and make the Soma-carts stop there: this is the measure for the Soma-carts.' But there is no (fixed) measure in this; wherever he himself may think fit in his mind, only not too near, nor too far (from the high altar), there let him stop them. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 3.5.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.18) - [Next: 3.5.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.20) - [Up: 3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3) ## 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.3.5.3.19) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.19) · Pramāṇa