Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.4.1-15
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 3.4.1-15
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3.4.1
vāg asmāt sarvāṇi nāmāny abhivisṛjate /
4. Speech pours all names in it; with speech it obtains all names.
3.4.2
vācā sarvāṇi nāmāny āpnoti /
3.4.3
prāṇo 'smāt sarvān gandhān abhivisṛjate /
Breath (_prāṇa_) pours all odors in it; with breath it obtains all odors.
3.4.4
prāṇena sarvān gandhān āpnoti /
3.4.5
cakṣur asmāt sarvāṇi rūpāṇy abhivisṛjate /
The eye pours all forms in it; with the eye it obtains all forms.
3.4.6
cakṣuṣā sarvāṇi rūpāṇy āpnoti /
3.4.7
śrotram asmāt sarvāñ chabdān abhivisṛjate /
The ear pours all sounds in it; with the ear it obtains all sounds.
3.4.8
śrotreṇa sarvāñ chabdān āpnoti /
3.4.9
mano 'smāt sarvāṇi dhyānāny abhivisṛjate /
The mind pours all thoughts in it; with the mind it obtains all thoughts.
3.4.10
manasā sarvāṇi dhyānāny āpnoti /
3.4.11
saiṣā prāṇe sarvāptiḥ /
This is the All-obtaining (_sarvāpti_) in the breathing spirit.
3.4.12
yo vai prāṇaḥ sā prajñā /
As for the breathing spirit (_prāṇa_)—verily, that is the intelligence (_prajñā_); as for the intelligence—verily, that is the breathing spirit, for together these two dwell in this body, together the two depart.
3.4.13
yā vai prajñā sa prāṇaḥ /
3.4.14
saha hy etāv asmiñ charīre vasataḥ sahotkrāmataḥ /
3.4.15
atha khalu yathāsyai prajñāyai sarvāṇi bhūtāṇy ekaṃ bhavanti tad vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //4//
Now then, we will explain how all beings (_bhūta_) become one with this intelligence.—
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English
Commentaries (3)
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
- Kaiṣītaki ? — Sanskrit