Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.19

4.19.1

tata u ha bālākis tūṣṇīm āsa /

19. Thereupon Bālāki was silent. To him then Ajātaśatru said: 'So much only, Bālāki?' 'So much only,' said Bālāki. To him then Ajātaśatru said: 'In vain, verily, indeed, did you make me to converse, saying, "Let me declare Brahma to you." He, verily, O Bālāki, who is the maker of these persons [whom you have mentioned in succession], of whom, verily, this is the work—he, verily, should be known.' Thereupon Bālāki, fuel in hand, approached, saying: 'Receive me as a pupil.' To him then Ajātaśatru said: 'This I deem an appearance (*rūpa*) contrary to nature—that a Kshatriya should receive a Brahman as pupil. But come! I will cause you to understand.' Then, taking him by the hand, he went forth. The two then came upon a person asleep. Him then Ajātaśatru addressed: 'O great, white-robed King Soma!' But he just lay silent. Thereupon he threw at him with a stick. Thereupon he arose. To him then Ajātaśatru said: 'Where in this case, O Bālāki, has this person lain? What has become of him here? Whence has he returned here?' Thereupon Bālāki understood not. To him then Ajātaśatru said: 'Where in this case, O Bālāki, this person has lain, what has become of him here, whence he has returned here—as I asked (*iti*)—is, the arteries of a person called *hitā* ('the Beneficent'). From the heart they spread forth to the pericardium. Now, they are as minute as a hair subdivided a thousandfold. They consist of a minute essence, reddish-brown, white, black, yellow, and red. In these one remains while, asleep, he sees no dream whatsoever.

4.19.2

taṃ hovācājātaśatrur etāvan nu bālākā3 iti /

4.19.3

etāvad iti hovāca bālākiḥ /

4.19.4

taṃ hovācajātaśatrur mṛṣā vai khalu mā samavādayiṣṭhā brahma te bravāṇīti /

4.19.5

yo vai bālāka eteṣāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ kartā yasya vai tat karma sa vai veditavya iti /

4.19.6

tata u ha bālākiḥ samitpāṇiḥ praticakrama upāyānīti /

4.19.7

taṃ hovācājātaśatruḥ pratilomarūpam eva tan manye yat kṣatriyo brāhmaṇam upanayet /

4.19.8

ehi vy eva tvā jñapayiṣyāmīti /

4.19.9

taṃ ha pāṇāv abhipadya pravavrāja /

4.19.10

tau ha suptaṃ puruṣam ājagmatuḥ /

4.19.11

taṃ hājātaśatrur āmantrayāñ cakre /

4.19.12

bṛhan pāṇḍaravāsaḥ soma rājann iti /

4.19.13

sa u ha śiśya eva /

4.19.14

tata u hainaṃ yaṣṭyā vicikṣepa /

4.19.15

sa tata eva samuttasthau /

4.19.16

taṃ hovācājātaśatruḥ kvaiṣa etad bālāke puruṣo'śayiṣṭa /

4.19.17

kvaitad abhūt /

4.19.18

kuta etad āgā3d iti /

4.19.19

tata u ha bālākir na vijajñe /

4.19.20

taṃ hovācājātaśatrur [yatraiṣa etad bālāke puruṣo 'śayiṣṭa yatraitad abhūd yata etad āgād iti] hitā nāma puruṣasya nāḍyo hṛdayāt purītatam abhipratanvanti /

4.19.21

tad yathā sahasradhā keśo vipāṭitas tāvad aṇvyaḥ piṅgalasyāṇimnā tiṣṭhanti śuklasya kṛṣṇasya pītasya lohitasya ca /

4.19.22

tāsu tadā bhavati yadā suptaḥ svapnaṃ na kañcana paśyati //19//