[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) › 3.4 # Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.1) vāg asmāt sarvāṇi nāmāny abhivisṛjate / > 4. Speech pours all names in it; with speech it obtains all names. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.2) vācā sarvāṇi nāmāny āpnoti / ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.3) prāṇo 'smāt sarvān gandhān abhivisṛjate / > Breath (\_prāṇa\_) pours all odors in it; with breath it obtains all odors. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.4) prāṇena sarvān gandhān āpnoti / ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.5) cakṣur asmāt sarvāṇi rūpāṇy abhivisṛjate / > The eye pours all forms in it; with the eye it obtains all forms. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.6) cakṣuṣā sarvāṇi rūpāṇy āpnoti / ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.7) śrotram asmāt sarvāñ chabdān abhivisṛjate / > The ear pours all sounds in it; with the ear it obtains all sounds. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.8) śrotreṇa sarvāñ chabdān āpnoti / ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.9) mano 'smāt sarvāṇi dhyānāny abhivisṛjate / > The mind pours all thoughts in it; with the mind it obtains all thoughts. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.10) manasā sarvāṇi dhyānāny āpnoti / ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.11) saiṣā prāṇe sarvāptiḥ / > This is the All-obtaining (\_sarvāpti\_) in the breathing spirit. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.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. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.13) yā vai prajñā sa prāṇaḥ / ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4.14) saha hy etāv asmiñ charīre vasataḥ sahotkrāmataḥ / ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.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.— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.3.p32) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.3.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.3.41) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.3) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.4) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [With Śaṅkara's bhāṣya (Sansknet input)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara!ratnaprabha*withbhasya.1.56.5) — Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.4) · Pramāṇa