[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki) › 3.1.17 # Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.1.17 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 3.1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.1.17) nāsya pāpaṃ cakruṣo mukhān nīlaṃ vyetīti //1// > So he who understands me—by no deed whatsoever of his is his world injured, not by stealing, not by killing an embryo, not by the murder of his mother, not by the murder of his father; if he has done any evil (\_pāpa\_), the dark color departs not from his face.’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.1.16) - [Next: 3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.2.1) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.3.p11) — 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) - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.1.1) — 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.1.17) · Pramāṇa