Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.6

2.6.1

ukthaṃ brahmeti ha smāha śuṣkabhṛṅgāraḥ /

6. 'The Uktha (Recitation) is *brahma* (sacred word)'—thus indeed was Śushkabṛiṅgāra wont to say.

2.6.2

tad ṛg ity upāsīta /

One should reverence it as the Rig (Hymn of Praise); unto such a one indeed all beings sing praise (*ṛc*) for his supremacy.

2.6.3

sarvāṇi hāsmai bhūtāni śraiṣṭhyāyābhyarcante /

2.6.4

tad yajur ity upāsīta /

One should reverence it as the Yajus (Sacrificial Formula); unto such a one indeed all beings are united (*yujyante*) for his supremacy.

2.6.5

sarvāṇi hāsmai bhūtāni śraiṣṭhyāya yujyante /

2.6.6

tat sāmety upasīta /

One should reverence it as the Sāman (Chant); unto such a one indeed all beings bow down (*saṁnamante*) for his supremacy.

2.6.7

sarvāṇi hāsmai bhūtāni śraiṣṭhyāya sannamante /

2.6.8

tac chrīr ity upāsīta /

One should reverence it as beauty (*śrī*).

2.6.9

tad yaśa ity upāsīta /

One should reverence it as glory (*yaśas*).

2.6.10

tat teja ity upāsīta /

One should reverence it as brilliancy (*tejas*).

2.6.11

tad yathaitac chastrāṇāṃ śrīmattamaṃ yaśasvitamaṃ tejasvitamaṃ bhavati tatho evaivaṃ vidvān sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ śrīmattamo yaśasvitamas tejasvitamo bhavati /

As this [i.e. the Uktha] is the most beautiful, the most glorious, the most brilliant among the Śastras (Invocations of Praise)—even so is he who knows this, the most beautiful, the most glorious, the most brilliant among all beings.

2.6.12

tad etad aiṣṭikaṃ karmamayam ātmānam adhvaryuḥ saṃskaroti /

So the Adhvaryu priest prepares (*saṁskaroti*) this soul (*ātman*) that is related to the sacrifice, that consists of works. On it he weaves what consists of the Yajus. On what consists of the Yajus the Hotṛi priest weaves what consists of the Rig. On what consists of the Rig the Udgātṛi priest weaves what consists of the Sāman. This is the soul of all the threefold knowledge. And thus he who knows this, becomes the soul of Indra.

2.6.13

tasmin yajurmayaṃ pravayati /

2.6.14

yajurmaya ṛṅmayaṃ hotā /

2.6.15

ṛṅmaye sāmamayam udgātā /

2.6.16

sa eṣa trayyai vidyāyā ātmā /

2.6.17

eṣa u evaitad indrasyātmā bhavati ya evaṃ veda //6//