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# Khilakanda 6

Khilakāṇḍa 6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.1)

16 ) iti

### [6.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.1-2)

eṣa prajāpatiḥ, yat hṛdayam | etat brahma | etatsarvam | tadetat tryakṣaraṃ hṛdayamiti | hṛ  
ityekamakṣaram | abhiharantyasmai svāścānye ca | ya evaṃ veda | da ityekamakṣaram | dadaṃtyasmai svāścānye  
ca | ya evaṃ veda | yamityekamakṣaram | eti svargaṃ lokam | ya evaṃ veda

### [6.1-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.1-3)

taddhaiṃ tudeta̱deva tudāsa̍ | sa̱tyame̱va sa yo havaimetanmaha̱dyakṣa̍mpatha̱maja̍mve̱da  
sa̱tyambrahmati jayatīmāṃllokām̐jjita 'invasāvasadya 'evametanmaha̱dyakṣa̍mpatha̱maja̍mve̱da sa̱tyambrahmeti sa̱tyam̐hyeva brahma̍

### [6.1-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.1-4)

hṛdayabrahmaṇaḥ satyamityupāsanāvidhibrāhmaṇam  
taddhai tat etadeva tadāsa-satyameva | sa yo haivametanmahadyakṣaṃ prathamajaṃ veda-satyaṃ brahmeti | jayatīmān lokān | jita innvasāvasat | ya evametanmahadyakṣaṃ prathamajaṃ veda-satyaṃ brahmeti | satyaṃ  
hyeva brahma

### [6.1-5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.1-5)

āpa' e̱vedamagra' āsuḥ | ( stā ) tā' āpaḥ sa̱tyamasṛjanta sa̱tyaṃ brahma̱  
brahma̍ pra̱jāpa̍timpra̱jāpa̍tirddevā̱n

### [6.1-6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.1-6)

( vām̐ste ) te devāḥ satya̱mityu̍pāsate | tade̱tattryakṣa̍ra̱ satya̱miti̱ sa'  
ityekama̍kṣarantītyekama̍kṣara̱mmitye̍ka̱makṣara̍mprathamotta̱me 'akṣare satya̱mmadhyatoāpa evedamagra āsuḥ| tā āpaḥ satyamasṛjaṃta | satyaṃ brahma brahma prajāpatim | prajāpatirdevān

### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.2)

te devāḥ satyamityupāsate | tadetat tryakṣaraṃ satyamiti | sa ityekamakṣaram | tītyekamakṣaram  
'nṛtantva̱deta̱danṛta̍m̐ sa̱tyena parigṛhīta̍m̐ sa̱tyabhūyame̱va bha̍vati̱ naivambidvā̍m̐sa̱manṛta̍m̐ hinasti

### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.3)

tadyattatsa̱tyam | (ma) asau sa'ādityo ya̱'eṣa̱'etasminmaṇḍale  
puruṣo ya̱ścāyandakṣiṇe'kṣanpuru̍ṣastāve̱tāvanyo'nyasminpratiṣṭhitau raśmibhi̱irdhvā'e̱ṣo'sminpratiṣṭhitaḥ prā̱ṇairaya̱mamuṣmintsa ya̱dotkramiṣyanbhavati  
śu̱ddhame̱vaitanma̱ṇḍalampaśyati̱ nainame̱te ra̱śmayaḥ pratyāyanti

### [6.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.2-2)

mityeka̱makṣaram | prathamottame akṣare satyam | madhyato'nṛtam | tadetadanṛtaṃ satyena parigṛhītaṃ  
satyabhūyameva bhavati | naivaṃ vidvāṃsamanṛtaṃ hinasti

### [6.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.3-2)

tadyat tatsatyam | asau sa ādityaḥ | ya eṣa etasminmaṇḍale puruṣaḥ | yaścāyaṃ dakṣiṇe'kṣanpuruṣaḥ | tāvetāvanyo'nyasminpratiṣṭhitau | raśmibhirvā eṣo'sminpratiṣṭhitaḥ | prāṇairayamamuṣmin  
sa yadotkramiṣyan bhavati | śuddhamevaitanmaṇḍalaṃ paśyati | nainamete raśmayaḥ pratyāyanti

### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.4)

yūm̐' e̱ṣu 'e̱tasmi̍nmaṇḍale̱ puru̍ṣaḥ | ( stu ) tasya̱ bhūriti̱ śira̍ 'ekūm̐  
śira̍'ekameta̱dakṣa̍rambhuva̱'iti̍ bā̱hū dvau bā̱hū dve'e̱te'akṣa̍re̱ sva̱riti̍ prati̱ṣṭhā  
dve prati̍ṣṭhe̱ dve' e̱te 'akṣa̍re tasyopaniṣada̱hari̍ti hanti pā̱pmāna̱ṃ jahā̍ti ca̱  
ya̱' evamved

### [6.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.4-2)

ya eṣa etasminmaṇḍale puruṣaḥ | tasya bhūriti śiraḥ | ekaṃ śiraḥ | ekametadakṣaram | bhuva iti  
bāhū | dvau bāhū | dve ete akṣare | svariti pratiṣṭhā | dve pratiṣṭhe | dve ete akṣare | tasyopaniṣat  
ahariti | haṃti pāpmānaṃ jahāti ca | ya evaṃ veda

### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.khilakanda.6.5)

(ṅgā) atha yo'yundakṣiṇe'kṣanpuruṣaḥ | ( stu ) tusya bhūriti śira'ekam̐  
śira'ekametudakṣarambhuva'iti bāhū dvau bāhū dve'ete'akṣare svariti  
pratiṣṭhā dve pratiṣṭhe dve'ete'akṣare tasyopaniṣadahamiti hanti pāpmānañjahāti ca yu'evamveda

## Linked texts (2)

- [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.14.8.6.3) — Sanskrit
- [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa or Bṛhadāraṇyakabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapathabrahmanaorbrhadaranyakabrahmana.37.4) — Sanskrit

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