[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) › [Shatapatha Brahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 4.3.3.4 # Shatapatha Brahmana 4.3.3.4 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.3.4) tānvā etān | pañca grahāngṛhṇātyeṣa vai vajro yanmādhyandinaḥ pavamānastasmātpañcadaśaḥ pañcasāmā bhavati pañcadaśo hi vajraḥ sa etaiḥ pañcabhirgrahaiḥ pañca vā imā aṅgulayo 'ṅgulibhirvai praharati > These, then, are five grahas he draws; for that midday Pavamâna chant is a thunderbolt: hence it is a fifteenfold five-hymned chant, for the thunderbolt is fifteenfold. He is so by means of these five grahas (cups of Soma): for five are these fingers, and with the fingers he hurls (the thunderbolt). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 4.3.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.3.3) - [Next: 4.3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.3.5) - [Up: 4.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.3) ## 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.4.3.3.4) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.187.3) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.4.3.3.4) · Pramāṇa