{
  "id": "upanishads/kaushitaki.4.10",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.10/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "kaushitaki.4.10",
  "speaker": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad · Bālāki to Ajātaśatru",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष आदर्शे पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठाः प्रतिरूप इति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते प्रतिरूपो हैवास्य प्रजायामाजायते नाप्रतिरूपः ॥ ४.१० ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa hovāca bālākirya evaiṣa ādarśe puruṣastamevāhamupāsa iti taṃ hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsamavādayiṣṭhāḥ pratirūpa iti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa yo haitamevamupāste pratirūpo haivāsya prajāyāmājāyate nāpratirūpaḥ || 4.10 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "sa",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bālākiḥ",
      "meaning": "Bālāki",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ādarśe",
      "meaning": "in the mirror",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "puruṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "person",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tam",
      "meaning": "him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāse",
      "meaning": "meditate upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tam",
      "meaning": "to him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ajātaśatruḥ",
      "meaning": "Ajātaśatru",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "do not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "do not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etasmin",
      "meaning": "in him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "samavādayiṣṭhāḥ",
      "meaning": "argue, speak in agreement",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pratirūpaḥ",
      "meaning": "counterpart, reflection",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vā",
      "meaning": "or",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "aham",
      "meaning": "I",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etam",
      "meaning": "him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāse",
      "meaning": "meditate upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etam",
      "meaning": "him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "evam",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāste",
      "meaning": "meditates upon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pratirūpaḥ",
      "meaning": "counterpart",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eva",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asya",
      "meaning": "his",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prajāyām",
      "meaning": "in offspring",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ājāyate",
      "meaning": "is born",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "apratirūpaḥ",
      "meaning": "without counterpart",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "बालाकि ने कहा: जो यह दर्पण में पुरुष है, उसी की मैं उपासना करता हूँ। तब अजातशत्रु ने उससे कहा: इसमें विवाद मत करो। या तो 'प्रतिरूप' कहो, मैं इसी की उपासना करता हूँ। जो इस प्रकार इसकी उपासना करता है, उसकी संतति में प्रतिरूप ही उत्पन्न होता है, अप्रतिरूप नहीं।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "பாலாகி கூறினார்: கண்ணாடியில் காணப்படும் இந்தப் புருஷனையே நான் உபாசிக்கிறேன். அஜாதசத்ரு அவரிடம் கூறினார்: இதில் வாதம் செய்யாதே. இவர் 'பிரதிரூபன்' என்று அறிந்து உபாசி. இவ்வாறு உபாசிப்பவனுக்கு அவனுடைய சந்ததியில் பிரதிரூபமானவரே பிறப்பர், அப்பிரதிரூபமற்றவர் அல்ல.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "బాలాకి ఇలా అన్నాడు: అద్దంలో కనిపించే ఈ పురుషుడినే నేను ఉపాసిస్తాను. అప్పుడు అజాతశత్రు అతనితో అన్నాడు: దీనిపై వాదించకు. ఇతడు 'ప్రతిరూపుడు' అని భావించి ఉపాసించు. ఇలా ఉపాసించేవానికి అతని సంతానంలో ప్రతిరూపులే జన్మిస్తారు, అప్రతిరూపులు కాదు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಬಾಲಾಕಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಕನ್ನಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣುವ ಈ ಪುರುಷನನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಜಾತಶತ್ರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಾದಿಸಬೇಡ. ಇವನು 'ಪ್ರತಿರೂಪ' ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದು ಉಪಾಸಿಸು. ಹೀಗೆ ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವನ ಸಂತಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿರೂಪರೇ ಜನಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಅಪ್ರತಿರೂಪರಲ್ಲ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ബാലാകി പറഞ്ഞു: കണ്ണാടിയിൽ കാണുന്ന ഈ പുരുഷനെയാണ് ഞാൻ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നത്. അജാതശത്രു അദ്ദേഹത്തോട് പറഞ്ഞു: ഇതിൽ തർക്കിക്കരുത്. ഇവൻ 'പ്രതിരൂപൻ' ആണെന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞ് ഉപാസിക്കുക. ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവന്റെ സന്തതിയിൽ പ്രതിരൂപന്മാർ മാത്രമേ ജനിക്കൂ, അപ്രതിരൂപന്മാർ അല്ല.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "বালাকি বললেন: দর্পণে এই যে পুরুষ, তাঁরই আমি উপাসনা করি। অজাতশত্রু তাঁকে বললেন: এ বিষয়ে তর্ক কোরো না। তাঁকে 'প্রতিরূপ' জেনে উপাসনা করো। যে এভাবে উপাসনা করে, তার সন্তানে প্রতিরূপই জন্মায়, অপ্রতিরূপ নয়।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "बालाकी म्हणाला: आरशात दिसणारा हा पुरुष, त्यालाच मी उपासतो. तेव्हा अजातशत्रू त्याला म्हणाला: यावर वाद घालू नकोस. हा 'प्रतिरूप' आहे असे जाणून उपासना कर. असा उपासना करणाऱ्याच्या संततीत प्रतिरूपच जन्मतात, अप्रतिरूप नव्हे.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "બાલાકિએ કહ્યું: અરીસામાં દેખાતા આ પુરુષની જ હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. ત્યારે અજાતશત્રુએ તેને કહ્યું: આ વિશે વાદ ન કર. તેને 'પ્રતિરૂપ' જાણીને ઉપાસના કર. જે આ રીતે ઉપાસના કરે છે, તેની સંતતિમાં પ્રતિરૂપ જ જન્મે છે, અપ્રતિરૂપ નહીં.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਬਾਲਾਕਿ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਸ਼ੀਸ਼ੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਸਦੇ ਇਸ ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਅਜਾਤਸ਼ਤਰੂ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ: ਇਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਬਹਿਸ ਨਾ ਕਰ। ਇਸਨੂੰ 'ਪ੍ਰਤਿਰੂਪ' ਜਾਣ ਕੇ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰ। ਜੋ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸਦੀ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਰੂਪ ਹੀ ਜਨਮਦੇ ਹਨ, ਅਪ੍ਰਤਿਰੂਪ ਨਹੀਂ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ବାଳାକି କହିଲେ: ଦର୍ପଣରେ ଦେଖାଯାଉଥିବା ଏହି ପୁରୁଷଙ୍କୁ ହିଁ ମୁଁ ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଅଜାତଶତ୍ରୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ: ଏ ବିଷୟରେ ବାଦ କର ନାହିଁ। ଏହାକୁ 'ପ୍ରତିରୂପ' ଜାଣି ଉପାସନା କର। ଯେ ଏପରି ଉପାସନା କରେ, ତାଙ୍କ ସନ୍ତାନରେ ପ୍ରତିରୂପ ହିଁ ଜନ୍ମେ, ଅପ୍ରତିରୂପ ନୁହେଁ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "بالاکی نے کہا: آئینے میں نظر آنے والے اس پرش ہی کی میں عبادت کرتا ہوں۔ اجاتشترو نے اس سے کہا: اس پر بحث مت کرو۔ اسے 'پرتی روپ' جان کر عبادت کرو۔ جو اس طرح عبادت کرتا ہے، اس کی اولاد میں پرتی روپ ہی پیدا ہوتے ہیں، غیر پرتی روپ نہیں۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Bālāki said: 'This person who is seen in the mirror, that very one I meditate upon.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do not argue about him. Meditate upon him as the counterpart (pratirūpa).' He who meditates upon him thus, a counterpart is born in his offspring, not one without a counterpart.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Bālāki dijo: «Esta persona que se ve en el espejo, a ese mismo medito.» Ajātaśatru le dijo: «No discutas sobre él. Medita en él como el reflejo (pratirūpa).» Quien así lo medita, en su descendencia nace un reflejo, no alguien sin reflejo.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Bālāki dit : « Cette personne qui se voit dans le miroir, c'est elle que je médite. » Ajātaśatru lui dit : « Ne dispute pas à son sujet. Médite-la comme le reflet (pratirūpa). » Celui qui la médite ainsi, un reflet naît dans sa descendance, non quelqu'un sans reflet.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Bālāki sprach: »Diesen Mann, der im Spiegel erscheint, meditiere ich.« Ajātaśatru sagte zu ihm: »Streite nicht darüber. Meditiere ihn als das Abbild (pratirūpa).« Wer ihn so meditiert, dessen Nachkommen werden Abbilder geboren, nicht Ungespiegelte.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Bālāki disse: «Este homem que se vê no espelho, a ele eu medito.» Ajātaśatru lhe disse: «Não discutas sobre ele. Medita-o como o reflexo (pratirūpa).» Quem assim o medita, na sua descendência nasce um reflexo, e não alguém sem reflexo.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Bālāki сказал: «Этого человека, который виден в зеркале, его я и созерцаю». Аджаташатру сказал ему: «Не спорь о нём. Созерцай его как отражение (pratirūpa)». Тот, кто так его созерцает, в его потомстве рождается отражение, а не лишённый отражения.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "巴拉基说：“我所崇拜的，就是镜中所见的这个人。”阿阇多设图对他说：“不要与他争论。应当把他当作影像（pratirūpa）来崇拜。”如此崇拜他的人，他的后代中生出的是有影像者，而非无影像者。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "バーラーキは言った。「鏡の中に見えるこの人、まさにその人を私は観想する。」アジャータシャトルは彼に言った。「彼について論じてはならない。彼を映像（pratirūpa）として観想せよ。」このように観想する者の子孫には、映像を持つ者が生まれ、持たない者は生まれない。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "قال بالاكي: «إن هذا الشخص الذي يُرى في المرآة، هو بعينه ما أتعبّد له.» فقال له أجاتشاترو: «لا تجادل فيه. اعبده بوصفه الصورة المماثلة (pratirūpa).» فمن عبده هكذا، يولد في نسله من له صورة مماثلة، لا من لا صورة له.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Bālāki berkata: \"Pribadi yang terlihat dalam cermin ini, itulah yang aku puja.\" Ajātaśatru berkata kepadanya: \"Jangan berdebat tentangnya. Puja dia sebagai bayangan (pratirūpa).\" Siapa yang memujanya demikian, dalam keturunannya lahir yang memiliki bayangan, bukan yang tanpa bayangan.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "พาลากิกล่าวว่า “บุรุษที่ปรากฏในกระจกเงา ข้าบูชาบุรุษนั้นแหละ” อชาตศัตรุตรัสตอบเขาว่า “อย่าโต้เถียงกับเราเรื่องพระองค์ จงบูชาพระองค์ในฐานะเงาสะท้อน (ปรติรูป) ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์เช่นนี้ เงาสะท้อนย่อมเกิดขึ้นในบุตรของเขา ไม่ใช่ผู้ไร้เงาสะท้อน”",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “कौषीतकिब्राह्मणोपनिषत्” (revision 155878)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D&oldid=155878"
  },
  "topics": [
    "purusha",
    "pratirupa",
    "meditation",
    "offspring"
  ],
  "citation": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.10. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.10/"
}