[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Āraṇyakas (forest texts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka) › [Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki) › 3.4 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 3.4 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.3.4) ŚĀ 3,4 = KU 1,4 taṃ pañca śatānyapsarasāṃ pratiyanti - śataṃ phalahastāḥ, śatam āñjanahastāḥ, śataṃ mālyahastāḥ, śataṃ vāsohastāḥ, śataṃ cūṛnahastāḥ | taṃ brahmālaṅkāreṇālaṅkurvanti | sa brahmaālaṅkāreṇālaṅkṛto brahma vidvān brahmābhipraiti | sa āgacchatyāraṃ hradam | taṃ manasātyeti | tam itvā saṃprativido majjanti | sa āgacchati muhūrtān yaṣṭihān | te 'smād apadravanti | sa āgacchati vijarāṃ nadīm | tāṃ manasaivātyeti | tat sukṛtaduṣkṛte dhunuvāte | tasya priyā jñātayaḥ sukṛtam upayanti, apriyā duṣkṛtam | tad yathā rathena dhāvayan rathacakre paryavekṣeta | evam āhorātre paryavekṣeta | evaṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛte sarvāṇi ca dvandvāni | sa eṣa visukṛto duṣkṛto brahma vidvān brahmaivābhipraiti || > "Five hundred Apsarases go to meet him: a hundred with fruits in their hands, a hundred with unguent in their hands, a hundred with garlands in their hands, a hundred with garments in their hands, a hundred with fragrant powders in their hands. They adorn him with the ornament of Brahman. Adorned with the ornament of Brahman, knowing Brahman, he advances toward Brahman. He arrives at the lake Āra; he crosses over it with his mind. Those who know only the immediate sink when they go into it. He arrives at the moments Yaṣṭihās; they flee from him. He arrives at the river Vijarā; he crosses over it with his mind alone. There he shakes off his good deeds and evil deeds. His dear kinsmen receive his good deeds, his disliked ones his evil deeds. Just as one driving in a chariot looks down upon the two chariot wheels, so he looks down upon day and night; thus upon good deeds and evil deeds and all pairs of opposites. Having shaken off good deeds, having shaken off evil deeds, knowing Brahman, he advances to Brahman alone." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.3.3) - [Next: 3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.3.5) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.3.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) — Sanskrit - [Kaiṣītaki ?](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.1.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.3.4) · Pramāṇa