Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.20

4.20.1

athāsmin prāṇa evaikadhā bhavanti /

20. Then he becomes unitary in this 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 (manas) together with all thoughts goes to it. 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.

4.20.2

tad enaṃ vāk sarvair nāmabhiḥ sahāpyeti /

4.20.3

cakṣuḥ sarvai rūpaiḥ sahāpyeti /

4.20.4

śrotraṃ sarvaiḥ śabdaiḥ sahāpyeti /

4.20.5

manaḥ sarvair dhyānaiḥ sahāpyeti /

4.20.6

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

4.20.7

prāṇebhyo devāḥ /

4.20.8

devebhyo lokāḥ /

4.20.9

sa eṣa prāṇa eva prajñātmedaṃ śarīram ātmānam anupraviṣṭa ā lomabhya ā nakhebhyas /

This selfsame breathing spirit (prāṇa), even the intelligential self (prajñātman), has entered this bodily self (śarīra·ātman) up to the hair and finger-nail tips. (20) Just as a razor might be hidden in a razor-case, or fire in a fire-receptacle, even thus this intelligential self has entered this bodily self up to the hair and the finger-nail tips. Upon that self these selves depend, as upon a chief his own [men]. Just as a chief enjoys his own [men], or as his own [men] are of service to a chief, even thus this intelligential self enjoys these selves ; even thus these selves are of service to that self.

4.20.10

tad yathā kṣuraḥ kṣuradhāne 'vopahito viśvambharo vā viśvambharakulāya evam evaiṣa prajñātmedaṃ śarīram ātmānam anupraviṣṭa ā lomabhya ā nakhebhyaḥ /

4.20.11

tam etam ātmānam eta ātmāno 'nvavasyante yathā śreṣṭhinaṃ svāḥ /

4.20.12

tad yathā śreṣṭhī svair bhuṅkte yathā vā svāḥ śreṣṭhinaṃ bhuñjanty evam evaiṣa prajñātmaitair ātmabhir bhuṅkta evam evaita ātmāna etam ātmānaṃ bhuñjanti /

4.20.13

sa yāvad dha vā indra etam ātmānaṃ na vijajñe tāvad enam asurā abhibabhūvuḥ /

Verily, as long as Indra understood not this self, so long the Asuras (demons) overcame him. When he understood, then, striking down and conquering the Asuras, he compassed (pari + √i) the supremacy (śraiṣṭhya), independent sovereignty (svārājya), and overlordship (ādhipatya) of all gods and of all beings.

4.20.14

sa yadā vijajñe 'tha hatvāsurān vijitya sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ svārājyam ādhipatyaṃ paryait /

4.20.15

tatho evaivaṃ vidvān sarvān pāpmano 'pahatya sarveṣāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ sraiṣṭhyaṃ svarājyam ādhipatyaṃ paryeti ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda //20//

Likewise also, he who knows this, striking off all evils (pāpman), compasses the supremacy, independent sovereignty, and overlordship of all beings—he who knows this, yea, he who knows this !