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# Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.5.3.20

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.3.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.5.3.20)

te abhimantrayate | atra ramethāṃ varṣmanpṛthivyā iti varṣma hyetatpṛthivyai bhavati divi hyasyāhavanīyo bhavati nabhyasthe karoti taddhi kṣemasya rūpam

> He salutes them with, 'May ye rejoice here on the height of the earth!' for this (altar) is verily the height (top) of the earth, since his offering-fire is in the heaven. He makes them rest on their naves for that is the appearance of repose.  
> — 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.3.5.3.20) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (1)

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

## Linked texts (3)

- [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana.8.4.5) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.301) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.532) — Maurice Bloomfield, English

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