[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) › 4.3.2.6 # Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.3.2.6 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.6) tasmādyadyardharcaśaḥ śaṃset | ardharce 'rdharce pratigṛṇīyādyadi pacaḥ śaṃsetpade-pade pratigṛṇīyādyatra vai śaṃsannavāniti tadasurarakṣasāni yajñamanvavacaranti tatpratigareṇa saṃdadhāti nāṣṭrāṇāṃ rakṣasāmananvavacārāya yajamānasyo caivaitadbhrātṛvyalokaṃ cinatti > Hence if (the Hotri) recites by half-verses, let (the Adhvaryu) respond at each half-verse; and if he recites by pâdas (hemistichs), let him respond at each pâda. For whenever, in reciting, he (the Hotri) draws breath, there the Asura-Rakshas rush into the sacrifice: there he (the Adhvaryu) closes it up by means of the response, so that the evil spirits, the Rakshas, cannot rush in; and thus he destroys the world of the sacrificer's enemies. > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.5) - [Next: 4.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.7) - [Up: 4.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2) ## 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.4.3.2.6) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.2.6) · Pramāṇa