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# Shatapatha Brahmana 5.3.2.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.3.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.3.2.3)

sá haitenā́pi yajeta  
yó 'laṃ yáśase sanna yáśo bhávati yo vā́ anūcānaḥ só 'laṃ yáśase sanna yáśo bhavati yo na yáśo bhávati sa támasā vai sa tatprā́vṛto bhavati tásya somārudrā́vevaìtattamó 'pahataḥ só 'pahatapāpmā jyótireva śriyā yáśasā bhavati

> Even he who, while being qualified for fame, is not yet famous, may perform that offering. Now he who is learned (in the Veda), while being qualified for fame, is not famous; and he who is not famous, is covered with darkness: that darkness of his Soma and Rudra thereby remove; and freed from evil he becomes a very light by his prosperity and renown.  
> — 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.5.3.2.3) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.226.4) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit

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