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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.1.11

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 3.1.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.1.11)

triśīrṣāṇaṃ tvāṣṭram ahanam /

> To him then Indra said: ‘Understand me, myself. This indeed I deem most beneficent to man—namely, that one should understand me. I slew the three-headed son of Tvaṣhṭṛi.  
> — 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.3.p9) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.3.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.3.9-2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit

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