[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) › 5.8 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 5.8 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.8) ŚĀ 5,8 = KU 3,8 na vācaṃ vijijñāsīti | vaktāraṃ vidyāt | na gandhaṃ vijijñāsīti | ghrātāraṃ vidyāt | na rūpaṃ vijijñāsīti | draṣṭāraṃ vidyāt | na śabdaṃ vijijñāsīti | śrotāraṃ vidyāt | nānnarasaṃ vijijñāsīti | annarasasya vijñātāraṃ vidyāt | na karma vijijñāsīti | kartāraṃ vidyāt | na sukhaduḥkhe vijijñāsīti | sukhaduḥkhayor vistāraṃ vidyāt | nānandaṃ na ratiṃ na prajātiṃ vijijñāsīti | ānandasya rateḥ prajāter vijñātāraṃ vidyāt | netyāṃ vijijñāsīti | etāraṃ vidyāt | na mano vijijñāsīti | mantāraṃ vidyāt | tā vā etā daśaiva bhūtamātrā adhiprajñam | daśa prajñāmātrā adhibhutam | yad dhi bhūtamātrā na syur na prajñāmātrāḥ syuḥ | yad vā prajñāmātrā na syur na bhūtamātrāḥ syuḥ | na hyanyatarato rūpaṃ kiṃcana sidhyet | no eta nānā | tad yathā rathasyāreṣu nemir arpitaḥ | nābhāvarā arpitāḥ | evam evaitā bhūtāmātrāḥ prajñāmātrāsvarpitāḥ | prajñāmātrāḥ prāṇe 'rpitāḥ | sa eṣa prāṇa eva prajñātmānanto 'jaro 'mṛto na sādhunā karmaṇā bhūyān bhavati np evāsādhunā kanīyān | eṣa hyeva sādhu karma kārayati taṃ yam ebhyo lokebhya unninīṣate | eṣa u evāsādhu karma kārayati taṃ yam adho ninīṣate | eṣa lokapālaḥ | eṣa lokādhipatiḥ | eṣa lokeśaḥ | sa ma ātmeti vidyāt sa ma ātmeti vidyāt || > ŚĀ 5.8 = KU 3.8 > One should not seek to know speech; one should know the speaker. One should not seek to know odour; one should know the smeller. One should not seek to know form; one should know the seer. One should not seek to know sound; one should know the hearer. One should not seek to know the taste of food; one should know the knower of the taste of food. One should not seek to know action; one should know the doer. One should not seek to know pleasure and pain; one should know the experiencer of pleasure and pain. One should not seek to know bliss, delight, and procreation; one should know the knower of bliss, delight, and procreation. One should not seek to know movement; one should know the goer. One should not seek to know the mind; one should know the thinker. These ten material elements are indeed dependent on consciousness; the ten elements of consciousness are dependent on material elements. For if there were no material elements, there would be no elements of consciousness; or if there were no elements of consciousness, there would be no material elements. > For no form whatsoever would be achieved from either one alone, nor are they diverse. Just as the rim is fixed upon the spokes of a chariot and the spokes are fixed upon the hub, even so these material elements are fixed upon the elements of consciousness, and the elements of consciousness are fixed upon breath. That very breath is the conscious self, endless, ageless, immortal. It does not become greater by good action, nor smaller by bad action. For it indeed makes him perform good action whom it wishes to lead up from these worlds; and it indeed makes him perform bad action whom it wishes to lead down. This is the guardian of the world; this is the sovereign of the world; this is the lord of the world. 'He is my self'—this one should know. 'He is my self'—this one should know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.9) - [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.5.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.8.13) — Sanskrit - [Viṣayavākyadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.visayavakyadipika.11.1.3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.8) · Pramāṇa