[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) › 4.10 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 4.10 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 4.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.10) ŚĀ 4,10 = KU 2,10 atha saṃvekṣyan jāyāyai hṛdayam abhi mṛśet - yat te susīme hṛdayaṃ śritam antaḥ prajāpatau | tenāmṛtatvasyeśāne mā tvaṃ putryam aghaṃ ni gā iti || na hyasyāḥ pūrvā prajā praitīti || > Now, when about to lie down together \[with his wife\], he should touch her heart: / 'That fair-parted heart of yours that rests within Prajāpati, / by that, O ruler of immortality, may you not encounter misfortune with children!' / For her children do not die before her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.9) - [Next: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.11) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.4.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.8b_-10.B) — Sanskrit - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c9.15) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [Kaiṣītaki ?](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.10) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.2.10) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.5.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.10) · Pramāṇa