Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.1

2.1

kurvanti dadāma dānaṃ karavāma te tubhyaṃ pūrvamasmātprārthikāya idānīmapagatāśāya ityanena prakāreṇa | eṣa pratyaco dīnavattrādilakṣaṇo dharmo guṇaviśeṣo yācato yācakasya bhavati spaṣṭaṃ | anyatastveva, tuśabdaḥ pakṣāntare, anyasmānniḥspṛhaḥ prasannavadanaḥ anya eva ayāñcāyāmeva na tu yāñcāyāṃ yadi vartate tadā evainamupamantrayante dadāma ta iti vyākhyātaṃ | evaṃ yāñcāyāñcayorguṇadoṣān paryālocya na yācedityarthaḥ |
yathā kauṣītakistadvat paiṅgyanāmāpi ṛṣirityāha prāṇo brahmeti ha smāha paiṅgyastasya ha vā etasya prāṇasya brahmaṇaḥ, paiṅgyanāmā paiṅgyagotro vā, vyākhyātamanyat | nanu manodūtatvādilakṣaṇena brahmatvaṃ prāṇasya yadyapi tathāpyapratyakṣādabrahmatvamapītyata āha vāk vāgindriyāt parastāt parataḥ cakṣuścakṣurindriyamārundhe samantādāvṛtya tiṣṭhati | vācaścakṣurāntaraṃ yuktaṃ dṛṣṭeḥ prāyeṇa visaṃvādābhāvāt | cakṣuścakṣurindriyāt para-