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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.—

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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:—

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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)!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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!

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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!'

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

2.3.10

labhate haiva //3//

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