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Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.7

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 1.7

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Sanskrit

1.7.A

yajūdaraḥ sāmaśirā asāv ṛṅmūrtir avyayaḥ /

7. Having the Yajus as his belly, having the Sāman as his head,
Having the Rig as his form, yonder Imperishable
‘Is Brahma!’ Thus is he to be discerned—
The great seer, consisting of the Sacred Word (_brahma-maya_).

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

1.7.B

sa brahmeti sa vijñeya ṛṣir brahmamayo mahān //

1.7.1

iti]

1.7.2

tam āha /

He says to him: ‘Wherewith do you acquire ($\surd\bar{a}p$) my masculine names?’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

1.7.3

kena me pauṃsnāni nāmāny āpnoṣīti /

1.7.4

prāṇeneti brūyat /

‘With the vital breath (_prāṇa_, masc.),’ he should answer. ‘Wherewith feminine names?’ ‘With speech (_vāc_, fem.).’ ‘Wherewith neuter ones?’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

1.7.5

kena napuṃsakānīti /

1.7.6

manaseti /

1.7.7

kena strīnāmānīti /

1.7.8

vāceti /

‘With the mind (manas, neut.).’ ‘Wherewith odors?’ ‘With the breath (prāṇa).’ ‘Wherewith forms?’ ‘With the eye.’ ‘Wherewith sounds?’ ‘With the ear.’ ‘Wherewith the flavors of food?’ ‘With the tongue.’ ‘Wherewith actions?’ ‘With the two hands.’ ‘Wherewith pleasure and pain?’ ‘With the body.’ ‘Wherewith bliss, delight, and procreation?’ ‘With the generative organ.’ ‘Wherewith goings?’ ‘With the two feet.’ ‘Wherewith thoughts, what is to be understood, and desires?’ ‘With intelligence (prajñā),’ he should say.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

1.7.9

kena gandhān iti /

1.7.10

ghrāṇeneti /

1.7.11

kena rūpāṇīti /

1.7.12

cakṣuṣeti /

1.7.13

kena śabdān iti /

1.7.14

śrotreṇeti /

1.7.15

kenānnarasān iti /

1.7.16

jihvayeti /

1.7.17

kena karmāṇīti /

1.7.18

hastābhyām iti /

1.7.19

kena sukhaduḥkhe iti /

1.7.20

śarīreṇeti /

1.7.21

kenānandaṃ ratiṃ prajātim ity /

1.7.22

upastheneti /

1.7.23

kenetyā iti /

1.7.24

pādābhyām iti /

1.7.25

kena dhiyo vijñātavyaṃ kāmān iti /

1.7.26

prajñayaiveti brūyāt /

1.7.27

tam āha āpo vai khalu me lokam /

To him he says: ‘The [primeval] waters [and also: Acquisitions], verily, indeed, are my world. It is yours.’

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

1.7.28

ayaṃ te 'sāv iti /

1.7.29

sā yā brahmaṇo jitir yā vyaṣṭis tāṃ jitiṃ jayati tāṃ vyaṣṭiṃ vyaśnute ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda //7//

Whatever conquest is Brahma’s, whatever attainment—that conquest he conquers, that attainment he attains who knows this—yea, who knows this!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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