[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Madhukanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda) › 4.2 # Madhukanda 4.2 Madhukāṇḍa 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.2) yatsaptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayatpiteti medhayā hi tapasā'janayatpitā | ekamasya sādhāraṇamitīdamevāsya tatsādhāraṇamannaṃ yadidamadyate | sa ya etadupāste na sa pāpmano vyāvartate miśraṃ hyetat | dve devānabhājāyaditi hutaṃ ca prahutaṃ ca tasmāddevebhyo juhvati ca pra ca juhvatyatho āhurdarśapūrṇamāsāviti | tasmānneṣṭiyājukaḥ syāt | paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchaditi tatpayaḥ payo hyevāgre manuṣyāśca paśavaścopajīvanti tasmātkumāraṃ jātaṃ ghṛtaṃ vai vāgre pratilehayanti stanaṃ vā'nudhāpayantyatha vatsaṃ jātamāhuratṛṇāda iti| tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca neti payasi hīdaṃ sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca na| tadyadidamāhuḥ saṃvatsaraṃ payasā juhvadapa punarmṛtyuṃ jayatīti na tathā vidyādyadahareva juhoti tadahaḥ punarmṛtyumapajayatyevaṃ vidvānsarvaṃ hi devebhyo'nnādyaṃ prayacchati| kasmāttāni na kṣīyante'dyamānāni sarvadeti puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ sa hīdamannaṃ punaḥ punarjanayate| yo vaitāmakṣitiṃ vedeti puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ sa hīdamannaṃ dhiyā dhiyā janayate karmabhiryaddhaitanna kuryātkṣīyeta ha so'nnamatti pratīkeneti mukhaṃ pratīkaṃ mukhenetyetat| sa devānapigacchati sa ūrjamupajīvatīti praśathaṃsā - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa or Bṛhadāraṇyakabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.satapathabrahmanaorbrhadaranyakabrahmana.8.5-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.madhukanda.4.2) · Pramāṇa