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Kaushitaki Upanishad 2.7

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad (complete text) 2.7

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Sanskrit

2.7

maghavannṛjīṣinnitīndra śreṣṭhāni draviṇānidhehīti savye mā cchitthā mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ śataṃ śarada āyuṣo jīva putra tenāmnā mūrdhānamavajighrāmyasāviti
trirmūrdhānamavajighredgavāṃ tvā hiṃkāreṇābhi hiṃkaromīti trirmūrdhānamabhi hiṃ kuryāt

Next follow the three kinds of meditation of the all-conquering (sarvagit) Kaushîtaki. The all-conquering Kaushîtaki adores the sun when rising, having put on the sacrificial cord, having brought water, and having thrice sprinkled the water-cup, saying: 'Thou art the deliverer, deliver me from sin.' In the same manner he adores the sun when in the zenith, saying: 'Thou art the highest deliverer, deliver me highly from sin.' In the same manner he adores the sun when setting, saying: 'Thou art the full deliverer, deliver me fully from sin.' Thus he fully removes whatever sin he committed by day and by night. And in the same manner he who knows this, likewise adores the sun, and fully removes whatever sin he committed by day and by night.

Friedrich Max Müller 1879, The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)

2.7.p1

athāto daivaḥ parimara etadvaibrahma dīpyate yadagnirjvalatyathaitanmriyate yanna jvalati tasyādityameva tejogacchati vāyuṃ prāṇa etadvai brahma dīpyate yadādityo dṛśyate'thaitanmriyate yannadṛśyate tasya candramasameva tejo gacchati vāyuṃ prāṇa etadvai brahma dīpyateyaccandramā dṛśyate athaitanmriyate yanna dṛśyate tasya vidyutameva

2.7.p2

tejo gacchativāyuṃ prāṇa etadvai brahma dīpyate tadvidyudvidyotate'thaitanmriyate yanna

2.7.p3

vidyotatetasya vāyumeva tejo gacchati vāyuṃ prāṇaḥ tā vā etāḥ sarvā devatāvāyumeva praviśya vāyau mṛtā na mṛcchante tasmādeva u punarudīrata ityadhidaivatamathādhyātmametadvai brahma dīpyate yadvācā vadatyathaitanmriyate yanna vadati tasyacakṣureva tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇa etadvai brahma dīpyate yaccakṣuṣā paśyatyathaitanmriyate yanna paśyati tasya śrotrameva tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇa etadvai brahmadīpyate yacchrotreṇa śṛṇotyathaitanmriyate yanna śṛṇoti tasya mana eva tejogacchati prāṇaṃ

2.7.p4

prāṇa etadvai brahma dīpyate yanmanasā dhyāyatyathaitanmriyate yannadhāyati tasya prāṇameva

2.7.p5

tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇastā vā etāḥ sarvā devatāḥprāṇameva praviśya prāṇe mṛtā

2.7.p6

na mṛcchante tasmādeva u punarudīrate tadyadi ha vāevaṃ vidvāṃsa ubhau

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