[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) › 8.9 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 8.9 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 8.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.8.9) ŚĀ 8,9 atha khalv iyaṃ daivī vīṇā bhavati tadanukṛtir asau mānuṣī bhavati | tad yatheyaṃ śastravatī tardmavatī bhavaty evam evāsau śastravatī tardmavatī bhavati | tad yathāsyāḥ śira evam amuṣyāḥ śiraḥ | tad yathāsyai vaṃśa evam amuṣyā daṇḍaḥ | tad yathāsyā udaram evam amuṣyā ambhaṇaṃ | tad yathāsyai mukhanāsike akṣiṇī ity evam amuṣyāś chidrāṇi | tad yathāsyā aṅgulinigrahā upastaraṇānīty evam amuṣyāḥ parvāṇi | tad yathāsyā aṅgulaya evam amuṣyās tantryaḥ | tad yathāsyai jihvaivam amuṣyā vādanam | tad yathāsyāḥ svarā evam amuṣyāḥ svarāḥ | tad yathā haiveyaṃ romaśena carmaṇāpihitā bhavaty evam evāsau romaśena carmaṇāpihitā bhavati | romaśena ha sma carmaṇā purā vīṇā apidadhati | saiṣā daivī vīṇā bhavati | sa ya evam etāṃ daivīṃ vīṇāṃ veda śrutavadanatamo bhavati bhūmiprāsya kīrtir bhavati +śuśrūṣante hāsya parṣatsu bhāṣyamāṇasyedam astu yad ayam īhate yatrāryā vāg vadati vidur enaṃ tatra || > Now indeed, this is the divine lute; that human one is an imitation of it. Just as this \[body\] has a head and has cavities, so also that \[lute\] has a head and has cavities. Just as this has a head, so that has a head. Just as this has a spine, so that has a neck. Just as this has a belly, so that has a sounding-board. Just as this has a mouth, nostrils, and eyes, so that has apertures. Just as this has finger-joints and coverings, so that has frets. Just as this has fingers, so that has strings. Just as this has a tongue, so that has a plectrum. Just as this has vowels, so that has notes. And just as this is covered with hairy skin, so also that is covered with hairy skin. Formerly, indeed, they used to cover lutes with hairy skin. This is that divine lute. He who knows this divine lute thus becomes most famous as a speaker; his fame fills the earth; and they desire to listen to him when he speaks in assemblies: 'Let whatever this man desires come to be!' Wherever noble speech is spoken, there they know him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.8.8) - [Next: 8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.8.10) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.8.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.228) — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English - [Bahvṛcāraṇyabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.bahvrcaranyabhasya.11.p90) — Sanskrit - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.34) — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.9.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.8.9) · Pramāṇa