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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.3.9

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 2.3.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.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

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.2.p17) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.2.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.4.3) — Sanskrit
- [Kaiṣītaki ?](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kaisitaki.2.3) — Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitakopanisad.2.3) — Sanskrit

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