Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.1.13
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 2.1.13
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- Sanskrit
2.1.13
eṣa dharmo 'yācato bhavati /
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.
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (3)
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit