[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) › 5.7 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 5.7 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 5.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.7) ŚĀ 5,7 = KU 3,7 na hi prajñāpetā vāṅ nāma kiṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etan nāma prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpetaḥ prāṇo gandhaṃ kaṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etaṃ gandhaṃ prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpetaṃ cakṣū rūpaṃ kiṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etad rūpaṃ prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpetaṃ śrotraṃ śabdaṃ kaṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etaṃ śabdaṃ prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpetā jihvānnarasaṃ kaṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etam annarasaṃ prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpetau hastau karma kiṃcana prajñāpayetām | anyatra nau mano 'bhūd ityāhatuḥ | nāvām etat karma prājñāsiṣveti | na hi prajñāpetaṃ śarīraṃ na sukhaṃ na duḥkhaṃ kiṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etaṃ na sukhaṃ na duḥkhaṃ prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpeta upastha ānandaṃ na ratiṃ na prajātiṃ kāṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra me mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāham etam ānandaṃ na ratiṃ prajātiṃ prājñāsiṣam iti | na hi prajñāpetau pādāv ityāṃ kāṃcana prajñāpayet | anyatra nau mano 'bhūd ityāha | nāvām etām ityāṃ prājñāsiṣveti | na hi prajñāpetā dhīḥ kāṃcana sidhyet,na prajñātavyaṃ prajñāyet || > ŚĀ 5.7 = KU 3.7 > For speech destitute of consciousness would not make any name known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that name.' Breath destitute of consciousness would not make any odour known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that odour.' The eye destitute of consciousness would not make any form known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that form.' The ear destitute of consciousness would not make any sound known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that sound.' The tongue destitute of consciousness would not make any taste of food known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that taste of food.' The two hands destitute of consciousness would not make any action known: 'Our mind was elsewhere,' the two say, 'we two did not cognise that action.' The body destitute of consciousness would not make either pleasure or pain known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that pleasure or pain.' The sexual organ destitute of consciousness would not make bliss, delight, or procreation known: 'My mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'I did not cognise that bliss, delight, or procreation.' The two feet destitute of consciousness would not make any movement known: 'Our mind was elsewhere,' one says, 'we two did not cognise that movement.' For without consciousness no thought would succeed, nor would what is to be cognised be cognised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.6) - [Next: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.8) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.5.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.7.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.7) · Pramāṇa