[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) › 6.1 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 6.1 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 6.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.1) ŚĀ 6,1 = KU 4,1 atha gārgyo bālākir anūcānaḥ saṃspaṣṭa āsa | so 'vasad uśīnareṣu so 'vasan matsyeṣu kurupañcāleṣu kāśivideheṣviti | sa hājātaśatruṃ kāśyam āvrajyovāca - brahma te bravāṇīti | taṃ hovācājataśatruḥ - sahasraṃ dadmi ta ityetasyāṃ vāci | janako janaka iti vā u janā dhāvantīti || > ŚĀ 6.1 = KU 4.1 > Now, Gārgya Bālāki was learned and famous. He lived among the Uśīnaras, he lived among the Matsyas, the Kuru-Pañcālas, and the Kāśi-Videhas. He came to Ajātaśatru of Kāśi and said: 'Let me declare Brahman to you.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'A thousand \[cows\] I give to you at this word! People indeed run saying, "Janaka, Janaka!"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.9) - [Next: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.2) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.6.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.4.1.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.1) · Pramāṇa