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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1.7.25

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 1.7.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.1.7.25)

kena dhiyo vijñātavyaṃ kāmān iti /

> ‘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

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## Translations (1)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.1.p37) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.1.3.64-2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [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

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