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# Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 3.5

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 3.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.1)

vāg evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

> 5. Speech is one portion thereof taken out. Name is its externally correlated (\_parastāt prati-vi-hita\_) existential element (\_bhūta-mātrā\_).  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [3.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.2)

tasyai nāma parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.3)

ghrāṇa evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

> Breath (\_prāṇa\_) is one portion thereof taken out. Odor is its externally correlated existential element.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [3.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.4)

tasya gandhaḥ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.5)

cakṣur evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

> The eye is one portion thereof taken out. Form (\_rūpa\_) is its externally correlated existential element.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [3.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.6)

tasya rūpaṃ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.7)

śrotram evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

> The ear is one portion thereof taken out. Sound is its externally correlated existential element.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [3.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.8)

tasya śabdaḥ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.9)

jihvaivāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

> The tongue is one portion thereof taken out. Taste is its externally correlated existential element.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [3.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.10)

tasya annarasaḥ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.11)

hastāv evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

> The two hands are one portion thereof taken out. Work (\_karman\_) is their externally correlated existential element. The body is one portion thereof taken out. Pleasure and pain are its externally correlated existential element. The generative organ is one portion thereof taken out. Bliss, delight, and procreation are its externally correlated existential element. The two feet are one portion thereof taken out. Goings are their externally correlated existential element. The mind (\_manas\_ ) is one portion thereof taken out. Thoughts and desires are its externally correlated existential element.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [3.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.12)

tayoḥ karma parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.13)

śarīram evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

### [3.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.14)

tasya sukhaduḥkhe parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.15)

upastha evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

### [3.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.16)

tasyānando ratiḥ prajātiḥ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.17)

pādāv evāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

### [3.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.18)

tayor ityāḥ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā /

### [3.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.19)

prajñaivāsyā ekam aṅgam udūḷham /

### [3.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki.3.5.20)

tasyai dhiyo vijñātavyaṃ kāmāḥ parastāt prativihitā bhūtamātrā //5//

## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-hume.3.p41) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki~en-muller.3.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1879, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣadbhāṣya (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!rangaramanuja.3.46) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Kauṣītakyupaniṣaddīpikā (Śaṅkarānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!sankarananda.3.4) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.kausitaki!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.5.5) — Sanskrit

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