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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.7.6

Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) 3.7.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.7.6)

stravihitena karmaṇā puṇyarūpeṇa na bhūyān nādhiko bhavatīti śeṣaḥ | no eva naiva asādhunā śāstrapratiṣiddhena karmaṇā kanīyān kaniṣṭho nyūna ityarthaḥ, bhavatīti śeṣaḥ | ayamarthaḥ | vikriyāvato hyatiśayo dṛṣṭaḥ samudrādeḥ, na tu viparīttasya gagane taddarśanāditi | sādhvasādhukarmaṇī enaṃ na spṛśata ityasminnarthe hetumāha, eṣa hyeva hi yasmādeṣa eva prāṇa prajñopādhikaḥ eva nānyaḥ, enaṃ śarīrādyātmatvābhimāninaṃ sādhu karma śāstravihitaṃ karma dharmarūpaṃ kārayati anicchantamapi anuṣṭhāpayati, bhūtamiva kasyaciccharīra āviṣṭaṃ svayaṃ nirvyāpāraṃ sat śarīrābhimāninaṃ vividhān vyāpārān kārayati, taṃ enaṃ prakṛtaṃ vakṣyamāṇaṃ yaṃ prasiddhaṃ svargārthinaṃ amvānunaiṣati ātmānamanu paścādātmanantānnuneṣati ninīṣate ūrddhaṃ netumicchatītyarthaḥ | eṣa u eva api ukta eva natvanyaḥ, enaṃ śarīrādyabhimāninaṃ asādhu karma śāstraniṣiddhaṃ karma pātakarūpaṃ kārayati anicchantamapyanuṣṭhāpayati taṃ priyasukhamanarthārthinaṃ yaṃ prasiddhaṃ pātakinaṃ ebhyaḥ pratyañcebhyaḥ lokebhyaḥ manuṣyādinivāsebhyaḥ nunutsate ninīṣate

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## Linked texts (1)

- [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.8.33) — Sanskrit

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