Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.14

2.14.1

athātaḥ pitāputrīyaṃ sampradānam iti cācakṣate /

15 (10). Now next, the Father-and-son Ceremony, or the Transmission, as they call it.—

2.14.2

pitā putraṃ preṣyann āhvayati navais tṛṇair agāraṃ saṃstīryāgnim upasamādhāyodakumbhaṃ sapātram upanidhāyāhatena vāsasā sampracchannaḥ pitā śete /

A father, when about to decease, summons his son. Having strewn the house with new grass, having built up the fire, having set down near it a vessel of water together with a dish, the father, wrapped around with a fresh garment, remains lying. The son, having come, lies down on top, touching

2.14.3

etya putra upariṣṭād abhinipadyata indriyair indriyāṇi saṃspṛśya /

organs with organs. Or he may, even, transmit to him seated face to face. Then he delivers over to him [thus]:— Father: ‘My speech in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your speech in me I take.’ Father: ‘My breath (prāṇa) in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your breath in me I take.’ Father: ‘My eye in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your eye in me I take.’ Father: ‘My ear in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your ear in me I take.’ Father: ‘My tastes in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your tastes in me I take.’ Father: ‘My deeds (karman) in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your deeds in me I take.’ Father: ‘My pleasure and pain in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your pleasure and pain in me I take.’ Father: ‘My bliss, delight, and procreation in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your bliss, delight, and procreation in me I take.’ Father: ‘My goings in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your goings in me I take.’ Father: ‘My mind in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your mind in me I take.’ Father: ‘My intelligence (prajñā) in you I would place!’ Son: ‘Your intelligence in me I take.’

2.14.4

[ api vāsmā āsīnāyābhimukhāyaiva sampradadyāt /] athāsmai samprayacchati /

2.14.5

vācaṃ me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.6

vācaṃ te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.7

prāṇaṃ me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.8

prāṇaṃ te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.9

cakṣur me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.10

cakṣus te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.11

śrotraṃ me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.12

śrotraṃ te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.13

annarasān me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.14

annarasāṃs te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.15

karmāṇi me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.16

karmāṇi te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.17

sukhaduḥkhe me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.18

sukhaduḥkhe te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.19

ānandaṃ ratiṃ prajātiṃ me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.20

ānandaṃ ratiṃ prajātiṃ te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.21

ityā me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.22

ityās te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.23

mano me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.24

manas te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.25

prajñāṃ me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

2.14.26

prajñāṃ te mayi dadha iti putraḥ /

2.14.27

[ yady u vā upābhigadaḥ syāt samāsenaiva brūyāt prāṇān me tvayi dadhānīti pitā /

If, however, he should be unable to speak much, let the father say summarily: ‘My vital breaths (prāṇa) in you I would place!’ [and] the son [reply]: ‘Your vital breaths in me I take.’

2.14.28

prāṇāṃs te mayi dadha iti putraḥ / ]

2.14.29

atha dakṣiṇāvṛt prāṅ upaniṣkrāmati /

Then, turning to the right, he goes forth toward the east. The father calls out after him: ‘May glory (yaśas), sacred luster (brahma-varcasa), and fame delight in you!’

2.14.30

taṃ pitānumantrayate yaśo brahmavarcasaṃ kīrtis tvā juṣatām iti /

2.14.31

athetaraḥ savyam anv aṃsam abhyavekṣate pāṇināntardhāya vasanāntena vā pracchādya svargān lokān kāmān āpnuhīti /

Then the other looks over his left shoulder. Having hid [his face] with his hand, or having covered [it] with the edge of his garment, he says: ‘Heavenly (svarga) worlds and desires do you obtain!’

2.14.32

sa yady agadaḥ syāt putrasyaiśvarye pitā vaset pari vā vrajet /

If he should become well, the father should dwell under the lordship of his son, or he should wander around as a religious mendicant. If, however, he should decease, so let them furnish him as he ought to be furnished—as he ought to be furnished.

2.14.33

yady u vai preyāt tathaivainaṃ samāpayeyur yathā samāpayitavyo bhavati yathā samāpayitavyo bhavati //14//