[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) › 2.1.13 # Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.1.13 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 2.1.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.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. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.1.12) - [Next: 2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.1.14) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.2.p7) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English ## Commentaries (3) - [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 - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.1.13) · Pramāṇa