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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.5.13

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 1.5.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.13)

śyaitanaudhase cāparau pādau /

> He comes to the throne Vicakshaṇā ('Far-shining'). The Bṛihad and the Rathantara Sāmans are its two fore feet; the Śyaita and the Naudhasa, the two hind feet; the Vairūpa and the Vairāja, the two lengthwise pieces; the Śākvara and Raivata, the two cross ones. It is Intelligence (\*prajñā\*), for by intelligence one discerns.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.1.p26) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.1.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit

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