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He comes to the tree Ilya; the fragrance of Brahma enters into him. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.2) taṃ brahmagandhaḥ praviśati / ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.3) sa āgacchati sālajyaṃ saṃsthānam / > He comes to the city Sālajya; the flavor of Brahma enters into him. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.4) taṃ brahmarasaḥ praviśati / ### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.5) sa āgacchaty aparājitam āyatanam / > He comes to the abode Aparājita ('Unconquered'); the brilliancy of Brahma enters into him. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.6) taṃ brahmatejaḥ praviśati / ### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.7) sa āgacchatīndraprajāpatī dvāragopau / > He comes to the two door-keepers, Indra and Prajāpati; these two run away from him. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.8) tāv asmād apadravataḥ / ### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.9) sa āgacchati vibhu pramitam / > He comes to the hall Vibhu ('Extensive'); the glory of Brahma enters into him. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.10) taṃ brahmayaśaḥ praviśati / ### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.11) sā āgacchati vicakṣaṇām āsandīm / > 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 ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.12) bṛhadrathantare sāmanī purvau pādau / ### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.13) śyaitanaudhase cāparau pādau / ### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.14) vairūpavairāje anūcye / ### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.15) śākvararaivate tiraścī / ### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.16) sā prajñā / ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.17) prajñayā hi vipaśyati / ### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.18) sa āgacchaty amitaujasaṃ paryaṅkam / > He comes to the couch Amitaujas ('Of Unmeasured Splendor'); this is the breathing spirit (\*prāṇa\*). The past and the future are its two fore feet; prosperity and refreshment, the two hind feet; the Bhadra and Yajñāyajñīya \[Sāmans\], the two head pieces; the Bṛihad and the Rathantara, the two lengthwise pieces; the verses (\*ṛc\*) and the chants (\*sāman\*), the cords stretched lengthwise; the sacrificial formulas (\*yajus\*), the cross ones; the Soma-stems, the spread; the Udgītha, the bolster (\*upaśrī\*); prosperity, the pillow. Thereon Brahmā sits. He who knows this, ascends it with one foot only (\*eva\*) at first. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.19) sa prāṇaḥ / ### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.20) tasya bhūtañ ca bhaviṣyac ca pūrvau pādau / ### [1.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.21) śrīś cerā cāparau / ### [1.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.22) \[bṛhadrathantare anūcye /\] bhadrayajñāyajñīye śīrṣaṇye / ### [1.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.23) ṛcaś ca sāmāni ca prācīnātānāni / ### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.24) yajūṃṣi tiraścīnāni / ### [1.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.25) somāṃśava upastaraṇam / ### [1.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.26) udgītho 'paśrayaḥ / ### [1.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.27) śrīr upabarhaṇam / ### [1.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.28) tasmin brahmāste / ### [1.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.29) tam itthaṃvit pādenaivāgra ārohati / ### [1.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.30) taṃ brahmāha ko 'sīti / > Him Brahmā asks, ‘Who are you?’ To him he should answer:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [1.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5.31) taṃ pratibrūyāt //5// ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.1.p21) — 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) - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.1.3.40) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.1.3.3) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.36.5) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.273.5) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.1.5) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.4.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.5) · Pramāṇa