Upnishad

SR No.: 007670
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

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KAUSHITAKI-UPANISHAD.
the king of the world, he is the lord of the universe, and he is my (Indra's) self, thus let it be known, yea, thus let it be known!
Fourth ADHYAYA !. 1. There was formerly Gårgya Balâki', famous as a man of great reading; for it was said of him that he lived among the Usinaras, among the SatvatMatsyas, the Kuru-Pañkålas, the Kast - Videhas 3. Having gone to Agâtasatru, (the king) of Kast, he said to him : Shall I tell you Brahman?' Agâtasatru said to him: 'We give a thousand (cows) for that speech (of yours), for verily all people run away, saying, “ Ganaka (the king of Mithila) is our father (patron).”' 2.4 BRIHAD-ÂRANYAKA- KaushỘTAKI-BRAHMANAUPANISHAD.
UPANISHAD. i. Åditye purushah. i. Id.
atishthâh sarveshâm brihat pândaravâså
his commentary on the Mait. Up. 3, 2, quotes the text as translated above.
i Prâna, breath or life, has been explained in the preceding chapter. But this prâna is not yet the highest point that has to be reached. Prâna, life, even as united with pragña, consciousness, is only a covering of something else, viz. the Self, and this Highest Self has now to be explained.
* The same story is told in the Brihad-aranyaka II, 1 seq., but with important variations.
I take iti to depend on samspashta, and read satvanmatsyeshu, though the commentary seems to have read so 'vasan, or sa vasan, for savasan. See Introduction, p. lxxvii.
• The second paragraph forms a kind of table of contents for the discussion which is to follow. I have given instead a fuller table of contents, taken from the Brihad-aranyaka II, as compared with the Kaushitaki-upanishad in its two texts. The variations of text A are given in small letters. In text B, the table of contents is given at the end of the discussion, in $18.
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