Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 2.9

2.9.1

atha paurṇamāsyāṃ purastāc candramasaṃ dṛśyamānam upatiṣṭhetaitayaivāvṛtā /

9 (6). Now, on the night of the full moon one should, in the same manner, worship the moon as it appears in the east, saying:— ‘Thou art King Soma. Thou art the Far-shining, the Five-mouthed, Prajāpati (Lord of Creation). The Brahman (brāhmaṇa) is one mouth of thee. With that mouth thou eatest the kings. With that mouth make me an eater of food. The king (rājan) is one mouth of thee. With that mouth

2.9.2

somo rājāsi vicakṣaṇaḥ /

2.9.3

pañcamukho 'si prajāpatiḥ /

2.9.4

brāhmaṇas ta ekaṃ mukhaṃ tena mukhena rājño 'tsi /

2.9.5

tena mukhena mām annādaṃ kuru /

2.9.6

rājā ta ekaṃ mukhaṃ tena mukhena viśo 'tsi /

thou eatest the people (viś). With that mouth make me an eater of food.

2.9.7

tena mukhena mām annādaṃ kuru /

2.9.8

śyenas ta ekaṃ mukhaṃ tena mukhena pakṣiṇo 'tsi /

The hawk is one mouth of thee. With that mouth thou eatest the birds. With that mouth make me an eater of food.

2.9.9

tena mukhena mām annādaṃ kuru /

2.9.10

agniṣ ṭa ekaṃ mukhaṃ tena mukhenemaṃ lokam atsi /

Fire is one mouth of thee. With that mouth thou eatest the world. With that mouth make me an eater of food.

2.9.11

tena mukhena mām annādaṃ kuru /

2.9.12

tvayi pañcamaṃ mukhaṃ tena mukhena sarvāṇi bhūtāny atsi /

In thee is a fifth mouth. With that mouth thou eatest all beings. With that mouth make me an eater of food.

2.9.13

tena mukhena mām annādaṃ kuru /

2.9.14

māsmākaṃ prāṇena prajayā paśubhir apakṣeṣṭhāḥ /

Waste not thou away with our vital breath, progeny, cattle! He who hates us and him whom we hate—waste thou away with his vital breath, progeny, cattle!

2.9.15

yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ ca vayaṃ dviṣmas tasya prāṇena prajayā paśubhir apakṣīyasva /

2.9.16

iti daivīm āvṛtam āvarte /

Thereupon I turn myself with the turn of the gods ; I turn myself along with the turn of the sun.’

2.9.17

ādityasyāvṛtam anvāvarte /

2.9.18

iti dakṣiṇaṃ bāhum anvāvartate //9//

Thereupon he turns himself toward the right arm.