Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.12

2.12.1

etad vai brahma dīpyate yad vācā vadaty athaitan mriyate yan na vadati /

13. This Brahma, verily, shines when one speaks with

speech ; likewise this dies when one speaks not. Its brilliance goes to the eye ; its vital breath, to the vital breath.

2.12.2

tasya cakṣur eva tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇaḥ /

2.12.3

etad vai brahma dīpyate yac cakṣuṣā paśyaty athaitan mriyate yan na paśyati /

This Brahma, verily, shines when one sees with the eye ; likewise this dies when one sees not. Its brilliance goes to the ear ; its vital breath, to the vital breath.

2.12.4

tasya śrotram eva tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇaḥ /

2.12.5

etad vai brahma dīpyate yac chrotreṇa śṛṇoty athaitan mriyate yan na śṛṇoti /

This Brahma, verily, shines when one hears with the ear ; likewise this dies when one hears not. Its brilliance goes to the mind ; its vital breath, to the vital breath.

2.12.6

tasya mana eva tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇaḥ /

2.12.7

etad vai brahma dīpyate yan manasā dhyāyaty athaitan mriyate yan na dhyāyati /

This Brahma, verily, shines when one thinks with the mind ; likewise this dies when one thinks not. Its brilliance goes to the vital breath ; its vital breath, to the vital breath.

2.12.8

tasya prāṇam eva tejo gacchati prāṇaṃ prāṇaḥ /

2.12.9

tā vā etāḥ sarvā devatāḥ prāṇam eva praviśya prāṇe mṛtvā na mūrchante /

All these divinities, verily, having entered into the vital breath, perish not when they die in the vital breath ; therefrom indeed they come forth again.

2.12.10

tasmād eva punar udīrate /

2.12.11

tad yadi ha vā evaṃ vidvāṃsam ubhau parvatāv abhipravarteyātāṃ dakṣinaś cottaraś ca tustūrṣamānau na hainaṃ stṛṇvīyātām /

So verily, indeed, if upon one who knows this both mountains should roll themselves forth—both the southern and the northern —desiring to lay him low, indeed they would not lay him low. But those who hate him and those whom he himself (svayam) hates—these all die around him.

2.12.12

atha ya enaṃ dviṣanti yāṃś ca svayaṃ dveṣṭi ta evainaṃ parimriyante //12//