{
  "id": "upanishads/kaushitaki.4.3",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.3/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "kaushitaki.4.3",
  "speaker": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad · Bālāki to Ajātaśatru",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स होवाचा बालाकिर्य एवैष चन्द्रमसि पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठाः सोमो राजान्नस्यात्मेति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो मेवमुपास्तेऽन्नस्यात्मा भवति ॥ ४.३ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa hovācā bālākirya evaiṣa candramasi puruṣastamevāhamupāsa iti taṃ hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsamavādayiṣṭhāḥ somo rājānnasyātmeti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa yo mevamupāste'nnasyātmā bhavati || 4.3 ||",
    "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 (proper name)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "eṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "this",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "candramasi",
      "meaning": "in the moon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "puruṣaḥ",
      "meaning": "person, being",
      "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 (proper name)",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mā",
      "meaning": "do not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "me",
      "meaning": "to me",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etasmin",
      "meaning": "about him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "samavādayiṣṭhāḥ",
      "meaning": "argue, contend",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "somaḥ",
      "meaning": "Soma, the moon",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rājā",
      "meaning": "king",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "annasya",
      "meaning": "of food",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self, essence",
      "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": "me",
      "meaning": "him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "evam",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upāste",
      "meaning": "meditates",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "annasya",
      "meaning": "of food",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhavati",
      "meaning": "becomes",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "बालाकि ने कहा: जो यह चन्द्रमा में पुरुष है, मैं उसी की उपासना करता हूँ। तब अजातशत्रु ने उससे कहा: इसके विषय में मुझसे विवाद मत करो। जो 'सोम राजा, अन्न का आत्मा' है, मैं उसी की उपासना करता हूँ। जो इस प्रकार उसकी उपासना करता है, वह अन्न का आत्मा हो जाता है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "பாலாகி கூறினார்: சந்திரனில் உள்ள இந்தப் புருஷனையே நான் உபாசிக்கிறேன். அஜாதசத்ரு அவரிடம் கூறினார்: அதைப் பற்றி என்னுடன் வாதிடாதீர். அரசனான சோமன், உணவின் ஆத்மா என்று நான் அவரை உபாசிக்கிறேன். இவ்வாறு அவரை உபாசிப்பவன் உணவின் ஆத்மாவாகிறான்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "బాలాకి ఇలా అన్నాడు: చంద్రునిలో ఉన్న ఈ పురుషుడినే నేను ఉపాసిస్తాను. అజాతశత్రువు అతనితో అన్నాడు: దాని గురించి నాతో వాదించకు. సోముడు రాజు, అన్నానికి ఆత్మ అని నేను అతన్ని ఉపాసిస్తాను. ఈ విధంగా అతన్ని ఉపాసించేవాడు అన్నానికి ఆత్మ అవుతాడు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಬಾಲಾಕಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಚಂದ್ರನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಈ ಪುರುಷನನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಜಾತಶತ್ರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಅದರ ಕುರಿತು ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ವಾದಿಸಬೇಡ. ರಾಜನಾದ ಸೋಮ, ಅನ್ನದ ಆತ್ಮ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಅವನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಅವನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವನು ಅನ್ನದ ಆತ್ಮನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ബാലാകി പറഞ്ഞു: ചന്ദ്രനിലുള്ള ഈ പുരുഷനെ ഞാൻ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. അജാതശത്രു അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു: അതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്നോട് തർക്കിക്കരുത്. രാജാവായ സോമൻ, അന്നത്തിന്റെ ആത്മാവ് എന്ന് ഞാൻ അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. ഇപ്രകാരം അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവൻ അന്നത്തിന്റെ ആത്മാവായിത്തീരുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "বালাকি বললেন: চন্দ্রে যে এই পুরুষ আছেন, আমি তাঁরই উপাসনা করি। অজাতশত্রু তাঁকে বললেন: এ বিষয়ে আমার সঙ্গে বিবাদ কোরো না। রাজা সোম, অন্নের আত্মা — এভাবে আমি তাঁর উপাসনা করি। যিনি এভাবে তাঁর উপাসনা করেন, তিনি অন্নের আত্মা হন।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "बालाकी म्हणाला: चंद्रामध्ये जो हा पुरुष आहे, त्यालाच मी उपासतो. अजातशत्रू त्याला म्हणाला: त्याविषयी माझ्याशी वाद घालू नकोस. राजा सोम, अन्नाचा आत्मा अशा त्याची मी उपासना करतो. असा जो त्याची उपासना करतो, तो अन्नाचा आत्मा होतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "બાલાકિએ કહ્યું: ચંદ્રમાં આ જે પુરુષ છે, તેની જ હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. અજાતશત્રુએ તેને કહ્યું: તે વિષયમાં મારી સાથે વિવાદ ન કર. રાજા સોમ, અન્નનો આત્મા એવા તેની હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. જે આ રીતે તેની ઉપાસના કરે છે, તે અન્નનો આત્મા થાય છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਬਾਲਾਕਿ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਚੰਦਰਮਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋ ਇਹ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੈ, ਉਸੇ ਦੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਅਜਾਤਸ਼ਤਰੂ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ: ਉਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਬਹਿਸ ਨਾ ਕਰ। ਰਾਜਾ ਸੋਮ, ਅੰਨ ਦਾ ਆਤਮਾ, ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਉਸਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਜੋ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਸਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਅੰਨ ਦਾ ਆਤਮਾ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ବାଳାକି କହିଲେ: ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରରେ ଯେଉଁ ଏହି ପୁରୁଷ, ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କରି ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଅଜାତଶତ୍ରୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ: ସେ ବିଷୟରେ ମୋ ସହ ବିବାଦ କର ନାହିଁ। ରାଜା ସୋମ, ଅନ୍ନର ଆତ୍ମା ବୋଲି ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଯିଏ ଏପରି ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରେ, ସେ ଅନ୍ନର ଆତ୍ମା ହୁଏ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "بالاکی نے کہا: چاند میں جو یہ پرش ہے، میں اسی کی عبادت کرتا ہوں۔ اجاتشترو نے اس سے کہا: اس کے بارے میں مجھ سے بحث نہ کرو۔ بادشاہ سوم، جو غذا کی روح ہے، میں اسی کی عبادت کرتا ہوں۔ جو اس طرح اس کی عبادت کرتا ہے، وہ غذا کی روح بن جاتا ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Bālāki said: \"I venerate that person who is in the moon.\" Ajātaśatru said to him: \"Do not argue with me about him. I venerate him as Soma the king, the ātman of food. Whoever venerates him thus becomes the ātman of food.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Bālāki dijo: «Venero a ese puruṣa que está en la luna.» Ajātaśatru le dijo: «No discutas conmigo sobre él. Lo venero como Soma el rey, el ātman del alimento. Quien lo venera así se convierte en el ātman del alimento.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Bālāki dit : « Je vénère ce puruṣa qui est dans la lune. » Ajātaśatru lui dit : « Ne dispute pas avec moi à son sujet. Je le vénère comme Soma le roi, l'ātman de la nourriture. Celui qui le vénère ainsi devient l'ātman de la nourriture. »",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Bālāki sprach: „Ich verehre jenen Puruṣa, der im Mond ist.\" Ajātaśatru sagte zu ihm: „Streite nicht mit mir darüber. Ich verehre ihn als Soma, den König, das ātman der Nahrung. Wer ihn so verehrt, wird das ātman der Nahrung.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Bālāki disse: «Venero aquele puruṣa que está na lua.» Ajātaśatru disse-lhe: «Não discutas comigo sobre ele. Venero-o como Soma, o rei, o ātman do alimento. Quem assim o venera torna-se o ātman do alimento.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Bālāki сказал: «Я почитаю того пуруша, который находится в луне.» Аджаташатру сказал ему: «Не спорь со мной о нём. Я почитаю его как царя Сому, ātman пищи. Кто почитает его так, становится ātman пищи.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "巴拉基说：“我崇拜那在月亮中的补鲁沙。”阿阇世敌对他说：“关于他不要与我争论。我崇拜他为国王苏摩，食物的我。”凡如此崇拜他的人，便成为食物的我。",
      "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：「月にあるこのプルシャを私は崇拝する。」アジャータシャトルはそれに言った：「彼について私と論争してはならない。私は彼を、王なるソーマ、食物のアートマンとして崇拝する。このように彼を崇拝する者は、食物のアートマンとなる。」",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "قال بالاكي: «إني أعبد ذلك البوروشا الذي في القمر.» فقال له أجاتشاترو: «لا تجادلني فيه. إني أعبده بوصفه الملك سوما، آتمان الطعام. ومن عبده هكذا صار آتمان الطعام.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Bālāki berkata: \"Aku memuja puruṣa yang ada di bulan itu.\" Ajātaśatru berkata kepadanya: \"Jangan berdebat denganku tentang dia. Aku memuja dia sebagai Soma sang raja, ātman makanan. Siapa memujanya demikian, menjadi ātman makanan.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "พาลากิกล่าวว่า “ข้าบูชาบุรุษผู้อยู่ในดวงจันทร์” อชาตศัตรุตรัสตอบเขาว่า “อย่าโต้เถียงกับเราเรื่องพระองค์ เราบูชาพระองค์ในฐานะพระโสมราชา เป็นอาตมันของอาหาร ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์เช่นนี้ ย่อมเป็นอาตมันของอาหาร”",
      "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": [
    "soma",
    "food",
    "moon",
    "atman"
  ],
  "citation": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.3. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.3/"
}