Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.3
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 2.3
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- Sanskrit
2.3.1
athāta ekadhanāvarodhanam /
3 (2). Now next, the procuring of a special prize.—
2.3.2
yad ekadhanam abhidhyāyāt paurṇamāsyāṃ vāmāvāsyāṃ vā śuddhapakṣe vā puṇye nakṣatre 'gnim upasamādhāya parisamūhya paristīrya paryukṣya [utpūya] dakṣiṇaṃ jānv ācya sruveṇa [vā camasena vā kaṃsena vaitā] ājyāhutīr juhoti /
In case one should covet a special prize—either on the night of a full moon or on the night of a new moon, or during the bright half of the moon under an auspicious constellation—at one of these points of time, having built up a fire, having swept around, having sprinkled around, having purified, having bent the right knee, with a spoon (sruva) or with a wooden bowl (camasa) or with a metal cup (kaṁsa), he offers these oblations of melted butter:—
2.3.3
vāṅ nāma devatāvarodhanī sā me 'muṣmād idam avarundhyāt tasyai svāhā /
'The divinity named Speech is a procurer. May it procure this thing for me from so-and-so! To it, hail (svāhā)!
2.3.4
prāṇo nāma devatāvarodhanī sā me 'muṣmād idam avarundhyāt tasyai svāhā /
The divinity named Breath (prāṇa) is a procurer. May it procure this thing for me from so-and-so! To it, hail!
2.3.5
cakṣur nāma devatāvarodhanī sā me 'muṣmād idam avarundhyāt tasyai svāhā /
The divinity named Eye is a procurer. May it procure this thing for me from so-and-so! To it, hail!
2.3.6
śrotraṃ nāma devatāvarodhanī sā me 'muṣmād idam avarundhyāt tasyai svāhā /
The divinity named Ear is a procurer. May it procure this thing for me from so-and-so! To it, hail!
2.3.7
mano nāma devatāvarodhanī sā me 'muṣmād idam avarundhyāt tasyai svāhā /
The divinity named Mind is a procurer. May it procure this thing for me from so-and-so! To it, hail!
2.3.8
prajñā nāma devatāvarodhanī sā me 'muṣmād idam avarundhyāt tasyai svāhā /
The divinity named Intelligence is a procurer. May it procure this thing for me from so-and-so! To it, hail!'
2.3.9
ity atha dhūmagandhaṃ prajighrāyājyalepenāṅgāny anuvimṛjya vācaṃyamo 'bhipravrajyārthaṃ brūyād dūtaṃ vā prahiṇuyāt /
Then having sniffed the smell of the smoke, having rubbed his limbs over with a smearing of the melted butter, silently he should go forth and declare his object, or despatch a messenger. He obtains indeed.
2.3.10
labhate haiva //3//
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (3)
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Kaiṣītaki ? — Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakopaniṣad — Sanskrit