[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) › [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) › [Kaushitakyupanishaddipika (Shankarananda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda) › 3.1.2 # Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.1.2 Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) 3.1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1.2) āyuruktaṃ yat sa prāṇa uktaḥ| nanu āyuṣaḥ prāṇatve'pi na prāṇasyāyuṣṭvaṃ yathā sāstrāyā gotve'pi na goḥ sāstrātvamityata āha, prāṇo vā āyuḥ prāṇa evāyuḥ na lakṣāṅgiguṇaguṇyādibhedaḥ | na cetadāyūṣa eva kintvamṛtatvasyāpītyāha prāṇa u vā amṛtaṃ amṛtamapi prāṇa eva| prāṇasyāyuṣṭumamṛtatvañcopapādayati, yāvat yāvantaṃ kālaṃ hi yasmāt asmin pratyakṣe śarīre śīrṇāvayave kalevare prāṇo vasati tāvadāyūḥ tāvantaṃ kālaṃ spaṣṭamanyat | idānīmamṛtatvamupapādayati, prāṇena hyeva yasmātprāṇenaiva na tu śarīreṇāpi amuṣmin parokṣe loke svargādau amṛtatvaṃ sukhaṃ prāpnoti spaṣṭaṃ | nanu prāṇasya kriyāśakterbhavataḥ kiṃ prajñayetyata āha, prajñayā jñānaśaktirūpeṇa satyaṃ satyavacanaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ brahma vā saṅkalpamidaṃ me syādityevaṃ rūpaṃ manasaḥ pracāramadhigacchatīti śeṣaḥ | evaṃ prajñādīnāmupayogamuktāyuṣṭāmṛtatvopāsanayoḥ phalamāha, sa prasiddha upāsako yaḥ yaḥ kaścinme mama indrasya prāṇātmano'pṛthagbhūtamāyuramṛtamiti vyākhyātaṃ upāste spaṣṭaṃ, ya upāste sa ityanvayaḥ, sarvamāyurasmin loka eti nikhilaṃ śatasaṃvatsaramāyurāpnoti | āyurupāsanasya - [Previous: 3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1.1) - [Next: 3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1.3) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.2.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1.2) · Pramāṇa