Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.1

2.1.1

prāṇo brahmeti ha smāha kauṣītakiḥ /

1. ‘The breathing spirit (prāṇa) is Brahma’—thus indeed was Kaushītaki wont to say.

2.1.2

tasya ha vā etasya prāṇasya brahmaṇo mano dūtam /

Of this same breathing spirit as Brahma, verily, indeed, the mind (_manas_) is the messenger; the eye, the watchman; the ear, the announcer; speech, the handmaid.

2.1.3

cakṣur goptṛ /

2.1.4

śrotraṃ saṃśrāvayitṛ /

2.1.5

vāk pariveṣṭrī [sa yo ha vā etasya prāṇasya brahmaṇo mano dūtam veda dūtavān bhavati /

He who, verily, indeed, knows the mind as the messenger of this breathing spirit, [i. e.] of Brahma, becomes possessed of a messenger; he who knows the eye as the watchman, becomes possessed of a watchman; he who knows the ear as the announcer, becomes possessed of an announcer; he who knows speech as the handmaid, becomes possessed of a handmaid.

2.1.6

yaś cakṣur goptṛ goptṛmān bhavati /

2.1.7

yaḥ śrotraṃ saṃśrāvayitṛ saṃśrāvayitṛmān bhavati /

2.1.8

yo vācaṃ pariveṣṭrīm pariveṣṭrīmān bhavati] tasmai vā etasmai prāṇāya brahmaṇa etāḥ sarvā devatā ayācamānāya baliṃ haranti /

To this same breathing spirit as Brahma, verily, all these divinities without his begging bring offering. Likewise, indeed, to this same breathing spirit all beings without his begging bring offering.

2.1.9

evaṃ haivāsmai sarvāṇi bhūtāny ayācamānāyaiva baliṃ haranti ya evaṃ veda /

2.1.10

tasyopaniṣan na yāced iti /

Of him who knows this, the secret doctrine (_upaniṣad_) is: ‘One should not beg.’ It is as if, having begged of a village and not having received, one were to sit down, saying: ‘I would not eat anything given from here!’ and then those very ones who formerly refused him invite him, saying: ‘Let us give to you!’ Such is the virtue (_dharma_) of the non-beggar. Charitable people, however, address him, saying divinities without his begging bring offering. Likewise indeed, to him all beings without his begging bring offering.

2.1.11

tad yathā grāmaṃ bhikṣitvā 'labdhvopaviśen nāham ato dattam aśnīyām iti /

2.1.12

ya evainaṃ purastāt pratyācakṣīraṃsta evainam upamantrayante dadāma ta iti /

2.1.13

eṣa dharmo 'yācato bhavati /

2.1.14

annadās tv evainam upamantrayante dadāma ta iti //1//