[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) › 3.2.5 # Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.2.5 Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) 3.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.2.5) jarāvyādhyādinā pañcaladuḥkhaṃ prāpto mariṣyanmaraṇaṃ kariṣyan āsannamaraṇa dūtyarthaḥ, ābalyamabalasya durbalasya bhāva ābalyaṃ hastapādādyavannalamityarthaḥ, nyetya nitarāmāgatya mohaṃ bandvādyaparijñānalakṣaṇaṃ nyeti nitarāmāgacchati, tat tadāṅgaḥ samīpasthāḥ kathayanti | samīpasthoktimāha, udakramīt utkramaṇamakaroccittaṃ manaḥ | cittotkramaṇe liṅgānyāhaḥ na śṛṇoti na paśyati na vācā vadati na dhyāyati spaṣṭaṃ, dūtyanena prakāreṇāṅgarityanvayaḥ| athāsmin prāṇa evaikadhā bhavati tadenaṃ vāk sarvaiḥ nāmabhiḥ sahāpyeti cakṣuḥ sarvaiḥ rūpaiḥ sahāpyeti śrotraṃ sarvaiḥ śabdaiḥ sahāpyeti manaḥ sarvairdhyānaiḥ sahāpyeti sa yadā pratibudhyate yathāgnerjvalataḥ sarvā diśo visphuliṅgā vipratiṣṭheran evamevaitasmādātmanaḥ - [Previous: 3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.2.4) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.3) - [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.3.36-37) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.2.5) · Pramāṇa