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KAUSHÎTAKI-UPANISHAD.
FIRST ADHYÂYA. 1. Kitra Gangyâyani', forsooth, wishing to perform a sacrifice, chose Åruni (Uddalaka ?, to be his chief priest). But Åruni sent his son, Svetaketu, and said: 'Perform the sacrifice for him. When Svetaketu had arrived, Kitra asked him: 'Son of Gautama“, is there a hidden place in the world where you are able to place me, or is it the other way, and are you going to place me in the world to which it (that other way) leads 6 ?'
* It is difficult to determine whether Kitra's name was Gângyayani or Gârgyâyani. Professor Weber adopted first Gârgyâyani (Indische Studien I, p. 305), afterwards Gangyâyani (ibid. II, 305). Professor Cowell adopts Gangyayani, but he tells us that the Telugu MS. reads Gârgyâyani throughout, and the other MSS. B, C do so occasionally. The commentator explains Gângyayani as the descendant (yuvâpatyam) of Gângya. I confess a preference for Gargyâyani, because both Ganga and Gangya are names of rare occurrence in ancient Vedic literature, but I admit that for that very reason the transition of Gangyâyani into Gârgyâyani is perhaps more intelligible than that of Gârgyâyani into Gangyâyani.
Cf. Kh. Up. V, 11, 2; Brih. År. VI, 2, 1. • Cf. Kh. Up. V, 3; VI, 1.
Brih. År. VI, 2, 4. 8 The question put by Kitra to Svetaketu is very obscure, and was probably from the first intended to be obscure in its very wording. What Kitra wished to ask we can gather from other passages in the Upanishads, where we see another royal sage, Pravâhana Gaivali (Kh. Up. V, 3; Brih. År. VI, 2), enlightening Svetaketu on the future life. That future life is reached by two roads ;
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |