Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.3

3.3.1

jīvati vāgapetaḥ /

3. One lives with speech gone, for we see the dumb; one lives with eye gone, for we see the blind; one lives with ear gone, for we see the deaf; one lives with mind gone, for we see the childish; one lives with arms cut off, one lives with legs cut off, for thus we see. But now it is the breathing spirit (_prāṇa_), even the intelligential self (_prajñātman_), that seizes hold of and animates (_ut-thā_) this body. This, therefore, one should reverence as the Uktha.

3.3.2

mūkān hi paśyāmaḥ /

3.3.3

jīvati cakṣurapetaḥ /

3.3.4

andhān hi paśyāmaḥ /

3.3.5

jīvati śrotrāpetaḥ /

3.3.6

badhirān hi paśyāmaḥ /

3.3.7

jīvati mano'petaḥ /

3.3.8

bālān hi paśyāmaḥ /

3.3.9

jīvati bāhuchinnaḥ /

3.3.10

jīvaty ūrucchinna iti /

3.3.11

evaṃ hi paśyāma iti /

3.3.12

atha khalu prāṇa eva prajñātmā [idaṃ śarīraṃ parigṛhyotthāpayati /

3.3.13

tasmād etad evoktham upāsīteti /

3.3.14

saiṣā prāṇe sarvāptir] yo vai prāṇaḥ sā prajñā /

This is the All-obtaining (_sarvāpti_) in the breathing spirit (_prāṇa_).

As for the breathing spirit—verily, that is the intelligential

3.3.15

yā vai prajñā sa prāṇaḥ /

self! As for the intelligential self—verily, that is the breathing spirit. For truly, these two dwell in this body; together the two depart.’

3.3.16

tasyaiṣaiva dṛṣṭir etad vijñānam /

This is the view (_dṛṣṭi_) thereof, this the understanding (_vijñāna_):—

3.3.17

yatraitat puruṣaḥ suptaḥ svapnaṃ na kañcana paśyaty athāsmin prāṇa evaikadhā bhavanti /

When a person is so asleep that he sees no dream whatever, then he becomes unitary in this breathing spirit. Then speech together with all names goes to it; the eye together with all forms goes to it; the ear together with all sounds goes to it; the mind together with all thoughts goes to it.

3.3.18

tad enaṃ vāk sarvair nāmabhiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.19

cakṣuḥ sarvai rūpaiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.20

śrotraṃ sarvaiḥ śabdaiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.21

manaḥ sarvair dhyānaiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.22

sa yadā pratibudhyate yathāgner jvalataḥ sarvā diśo viṣphuliṅgā vipratiṣṭherann evam evaitasmād ātmanaḥ prāṇā yathāyatanaṃ vipratiṣṭhante /

When he awakens—as from a blazing fire sparks would disperse in all directions, even so from this self (_ātman_) the vital breaths (_prāṇa_) disperse to their respective stations; from the vital breaths, the sense-powers (_deva_); from the sense-powers, the worlds.

3.3.23

prāṇebhyo devāḥ /

3.3.24

devebhyo lokāḥ /

3.3.25

sa eṣa prāṇa eva prajñātmedaṃ śarīraṃ parigṛhyotthāpayati /

This selfsame breathing spirit as the intelligential self seizes hold of and animates (_ut-thā_) this body. This therefore one should reverence as the Uktha.

3.3.26

tasmād etad evoktham upāsīteti /

3.3.27

saiṣā prāṇe sarvāptiḥ /

This is the All-obtaining in the breathing spirit.

3.3.28

yo vai prāṇaḥ sā prajñā /

As for the breathing spirit—verily, that is the intelligential self. As for the intelligential self—verily, that is the breathing spirit.

3.3.29

yā vai prajñā sa prāṇaḥ /

3.3.30

tasyaiṣaiva siddhir etad vijñānam /

This is the proof (_siddhi_) thereof, this the understanding:—

3.3.31

yatraitat puruṣa ārto mariṣyan ābalyaṃ nītya sammohaṃ nyeti tad āhur udakramīc cid <iti> /

When a sick person about to die comes to such weakness that he comes to a stupor (_sammoha_), then they say of him: ‘His thought (_citta_) has departed. He hears not. He sees not. He speaks not with speech. He thinks not.’ Then he becomes unitary in this breathing spirit (_prāṇa_). Then speech together with all names goes to it; the eye together with all forms goes to it; the ear together with all sounds goes to it; the mind together with all thoughts goes to it.

3.3.32

tan na śṛṇoti na paśyati na vācā vadati na dhyāyati /

3.3.33

athāsmin prāṇa evaikadhā bhavanti /

3.3.34

tad enaṃ vāk sarvair nāmabhiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.35

cakṣuḥ sarvai rūpaiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.36

śrotraṃ sarvaiḥ śabdaiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.37

manaḥ sarvair dhyānaiḥ sahāpyeti /

3.3.38

sa yadāsmāc charīrād utkrāmati sahaivaitaiḥ sarvair utkrāmati //3//

(4) When he departs from this body, he departs together with all these.