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Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.5.2-5

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 2.5.2-5

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Sanskrit

2.5.2

yāvad vai puruṣo bhāṣate na tāvat prāṇituṃ śaknoti /

As long, verily, as a person is speaking, he is not able to breathe. Then he is sacrificing breath (_prāṇa_) in speech.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

2.5.3

prāṇaṃ tadā vāci juhoti /

2.5.4

yāvad vai puruṣaḥ prāṇiti na tāvad bhāṣituṃ śaknoti /

As long, verily, as a person is breathing, he is not able to speak. Then he is sacrificing speech (_vāc_) in breath.

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

2.5.5

vācaṃ tadā prāṇe juhoti /

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