[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) › 6.3 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 6.3 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.3) ŚĀ 6,3 = KU 4,3 sa hovāca bālākiḥ - ya evaiṣa āditye puruṣas tam evāham upāsa iti | taṃ hovācājātaśatruḥ - mā maitasmin saṃvādayiṣṭhāḥ | bṛhan pāṇḍaravāsā atiṣṭhāḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ Mūrdheti vā aham etam upāsa iti | sa yo haitam evam upāste 'tiṣṭhāḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ mūrdhā bhavati || > ŚĀ 6.3 = KU 4.3 > Bālāki said: 'The person who is here in the sun—him indeed I venerate.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do not challenge me on this! "The great, clad in white garments, pre-eminent, the head of all beings"—thus indeed do I venerate him.' Whoever venerates him thus becomes pre-eminent, the head of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.2) - [Next: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.4) - [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.6.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) — Sanskrit - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_178) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.3) · Pramāṇa