[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) › 6.4 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 6.4 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.4) ŚĀ 6,4 = KU 4,4 sa hovāca bālākiḥ - ya evaiṣa candramasi puruṣas tam evāham upāsa iti | taṃ hovācājātaśatruḥ - mā maitasmin saṃvādayiṣṭhāḥ | annasyātmeti vā aham etam upāsa iti | sa yo haitam evam upāste 'nnasyātmā bhavati || > ŚĀ 6.4 = KU 4.4 > Bālāki said: 'The person who is here in the moon—him indeed I venerate.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do not challenge me on this! "The self of food"—thus indeed do I venerate him.' Whoever venerates him thus becomes the self of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.3) - [Next: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.5) - [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.6.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.4) · Pramāṇa