Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.20.11
Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇopaniṣad 4.20.11
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4.20.11
tam etam ātmānam eta ātmāno 'nvavasyante yathā śreṣṭhinaṃ svāḥ /
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.
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, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- Kaiṣītaki ? — Sanskrit
- Kauṣītakopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Śāṅkhāyanīyopaniṣad — Sanskrit