[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) › 4.11 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 4.11 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 4.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.11) ŚĀ 4,11 = KU 2,11 atha proṣyāyan putrasya mūrdhanam abhijighret - aṅgād aṅgāt saṃbhavasi hṛdayād adhi jāyase | ātmā vai putranāmāsi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam iti nāmāsya dadhāti | aśmā bhava paraśur bhava, hiraṇyam astṛtaṃ bhava | tejo vai putrānāmāsi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam iti nāmāsya gṛhṇāti | athainaṃ parigṛhṇāti | yena prajāpatiḥ prajāḥ paryagṛhṇāt tad ariṣṭyaitena tvā parigṛhṇāmi, asāv iti | athāsya dakṣiṇe karṇe japati - asme prayandhi maghavann ṛjīṣin iti | indraṃ śreṣṭhāni draviṇāni dhehīti savye | mā bhetthā mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ śataṃ śarada āyuṣaḥ | jīvasva putra te nāmnā mūrdhānam abhijighrāmīti trir asya mūrdānam abhijighret | gavāṃ tvāṃ hiṃkāreṇābhihiṃkaromīti trir asya mūrdhānam abhihiṃkaroti || > Now, when returning from a journey, he should smell his son's head: / 'From limb by limb you are produced, from the heart you are born; / you are the self named "son"—so live a hundred autumns!' / Thus he gives him his name. / 'Be a stone, be an axe, be imperishable gold! / You are splendour named "son"—so live a hundred autumns!' / Thus he mentions his name. Then he embraces him: 'Wherewith Prajāpati embraced his creatures for their safety, therewith I embrace you, N.N.!' Then he mutters into his right ear: 'Bestow on us, O bounteous, dreg-drinking Indra…'; into the left: 'Indra, bestow the finest treasures…' \[Then he says\]: 'Do not be broken, do not be shaken; live a hundred autumns of life! O son, I smell your head with your name!'—three times he should smell his head. 'I low over you with the lowing of cattle!'—three times he lows over his head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.10) - [Next: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.12) - [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.4.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.10.14) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.284.11) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.37.7) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.274.11) — Sanskrit - [Kaiṣītaki ?](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.11) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.2.11) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.5.11) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.11) · Pramāṇa