[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Kaishitaki ?](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki) › 2.1 # Kaishitaki ? 2.1 Kaiṣītaki ? 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.1) prāṇo brahmeti ha smāha kauṣītakistasya ha vā etasya prāṇasya brahmaṇo mano dūtaṃ cakṣurgāptṛ śrotraṃ saṃśrāvayitṛ vāk pariveṣṭrī sa yo ha vā etasya prāṇasya brahmaṇo mano dūtaṃ veda dūtavān bhavati yaścakṣurgoptṛ goptṛmān bhavati yaḥ śrotraṃ saṃśrāvayitṛ saṃśrāvayitṛmān bhavati yo vācaṃ pariveṣṭrīṃ pariveṣṭrīmān bhavati tasmai vā etasmai prāṇāya brahmaṇe etāḥ sarvā devatā ayācamānāya baliṃ harantyevaṃ haivāsmai sarvāṇi bhūtānyayācamānāyaiva baliṃ haranti ya evaṃ veda tasyopaniṣanna yācediti tadyathā grāmaṃ bhikṣitvā'labdhvopaviśennāhamato dattamaśnīyāmiti ta evainamupamantrayante ye purastāt pratyācakṣīranneṣa dharmo 'yācato †bhavatyannadāstvevainamupamantrayante ॰dadāma ta iti - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.1.7) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2) ## Linked texts (7) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.1.7) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.284.1-2) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.274.1-2) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.268.1) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.5.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.1) · Pramāṇa