[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) › [Kaushitaki Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) › 2.2 # Kaushitaki Upanishad 2.2 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.1) prāṇo brahmeti ha smāha paiṅgyaḥ / ### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.2) tasya vā etasya brahmaṇo vākparastāc cakṣur ārunddhe / ### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.3) cakṣuḥparastāc chrotram ārunddhe / ### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.4) śrotraparastān mana ārunddhe / ### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.5) manaḥparastāt prāṇa ārunddhe / ### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.6) tasmai vā etasmai prāṇāya brahmaṇa etāḥ sarvā devatā ayācamānāyaiva baliṃ haranti / > 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 of the non-beggar. Charitable people, however, address him, saying: 'Let us give to you!' > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.7) evaṃ haivāsmai sarvāṇi bhūtāny ayācamānāyaiva baliṃ haranti ya evaṃ veda / ### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.8) tasyopaniṣan na yāced iti / ### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.9) tad yathā grāmaṃ bhikṣitvā 'labhdvopaviśen nāham ato dattam aśnīyām iti / ### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.10) ya evainaṃ purastāt pratyācakṣīraṃsta evainam upamantrayante dadāma ta iti / ### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.11) eṣa dharmo 'yācato bhavati / ### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2.12) annadās tv evainam upamantrayante dadāma ta iti //2// ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.2.p8) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.2.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.2.1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.2.1) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Dīpikā of Nārāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!narayana.3.1) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (8) - [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.2) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.284.2) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.37.1) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.274.2) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.268.2) — Sanskrit - [Kaiṣītaki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.2) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.2.2) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.sankhayaniyopanisad.5.2) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s3.t2.19) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.2.2) · Pramāṇa