[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) › 3.7.5 # Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.7.5 Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) 3.7.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7.5) ntamāha, tat tatra yathā dṛṣṭānte rathasya rathacakrasya atop-line broken?reṣu nābhipratiṣṭhiteṣu tīkṣṇāgreṣu kāṣṭheṣu nemiḥ arebhyo bahirdeśavarti varttulaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ arpitaḥ, arpitā arādhārā varttata ityarthaḥ | nābhau antaḥkāṣṭhe akṣādhāracchidravati varttule, arāḥ dīrghāṇi tīkṣṇāni kāṣṭhāni, arpitāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ, evameva tadvadeva na tvanyathā, etāḥ upalabhyamānāḥ bhūtamātrāḥ viṣayāḥ nemisyānīyāḥ prajñāmātrāsu indriyeṣu arasthānīyeṣu arpitāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ, prajñāmātrāḥ indriyāṇyagnibhūtāni prāṇe mukhanāsikāsañcāriṇi nābhisthānīye arpitāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | sa prāṇopādhikaḥ, eṣaḥ prajñātmakadhīvṛttau pratiphalitaḥ, prājñaḥ prajñayā nityayā svayaṃprakāśayā yuktaḥ, ātmā asmatpratyayavyavahārayogyaḥ, ānandaḥ sukhaikasvabhāvaḥ, ajaraḥ jarārahitaḥ, amṛtaḥ maraṇarahitaḥ svayaṃprakāśavijñānānandātmasvarūpaḥ sarvvavikriyāśūnya ityarthaḥ | nanvevaṃrūpasyāpi sādhvasādhukarmmabhyāmadhikanyūnatve syātāṃ samudrasyevendūdayāstamayābhyāmityata āha, na sādhunā karmaṇā bhūyān sādhunā śā- - [Previous: 3.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7.4) - [Next: 3.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7.6) - [Up: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.8.32) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7.5) · Pramāṇa