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# Shatapatha Brahmana 3.7.4.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.4.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.7.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.3.7.4.2)

dharṣā mānuṣa iti | na vā etamagre manuṣyo 'dhṛṣṇotsa yadevartasya pāśenaitaddevahaviḥ pratimuñcatyathainam manuṣyo dhṛṣṇoti tasmādāha dharṣā mānuṣa iti

> 'Be bold, O man!' for at first man dared not to approach it (the victim); but now that he thus binds it with the noose of sacred order, as an oblation to the gods, man dares to approach it: therefore he says, 'Be bold, O man!'  
> — 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.3.7.4.2) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (2)

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

## Discussed in (1)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.4112) — Bloomfield 1906, English

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