[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) › 7.1 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 7.1: Saṃhitopaniṣad Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.7.1) ŚĀ 7,1 om ṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi | satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi | tan mām avatu tad vaktāram avatvavatu mām avatu vaktāram | mayi bhargo mayi mahaḥ | vāṅ me manasi pratiṣṭhitā | mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitam | āvir āvir mayyābhūḥ | vedasya ma āṇīḥ | ṛta mā mā hiṃsīḥ | anenādhītenāhorātrān tsaṃvasāmi | agne iḷā nama iḷā namaḥ | ṛṣibhyo mantrakṛdbhyo mantrapatibhyo namo 'stu devebhyaḥ | śivā naḥ śaṭamā bhava sumṛḍīkā sarasvati mā te vyoma saṃdṛśi | adabdhaṃ mana iṣiraṃ cakṣuḥ sūryo jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ | dīkṣe mā mā hiṃsīḥ || > ŚĀ 7.1 > Om. I shall speak the right. I shall speak the truth. May that protect me; may that protect the speaker; may it protect me; may it protect the speaker. In me be splendour, in me be greatness. My speech is established in my mind; my mind is established in my speech. O manifest one, be manifest to me! Be the two pin-pegs of the Veda to me. Do not forsake me, O right! By this study may I dwell together through days and nights. To Agni be praise, homage; to food, homage! Homage be to the ṛṣis, the mantra-makers, the lords of mantras; homage to the deities! Auspicious to us, most gracious, very merciful be, O Sarasvatī; may we not be parted from the sight of your expanse. An undefeated mind, an eager eye, the sun is the best of lights. O initiation, do not harm me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.6.21) - [Next: 7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.7.2) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki*complete.1.p3) — Sanskrit - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t4.78) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.7.1) · Pramāṇa