{
  "id": "upanishads/kaushitaki.4.4",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.4/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "kaushitaki.4.4",
  "speaker": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad · Bālāki to Ajātaśatru",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष विद्युति पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठास्तेजस आत्मेति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते तेजस आत्मा भवति ॥ ४.४ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa hovāca bālākirya evaiṣa vidyuti puruṣastamevāhamupāsa iti taṃ hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsamavādayiṣṭhāstejasa ātmeti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa yo haitamevamupāste tejasa ātmā bhavati || 4.4 ||",
    "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": "vidyuti",
      "meaning": "in lightning",
      "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": "tejasaḥ",
      "meaning": "of brilliance",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self",
      "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",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tejasaḥ",
      "meaning": "of brilliance",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhavati",
      "meaning": "becomes",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "बालाकि ने कहा: जो यह विद्युत् में पुरुष है, मैं उसी की उपासना करता हूँ। तब अजातशत्रु ने उससे कहा: इसके विषय में मुझसे विवाद मत करो। जो 'तेज का आत्मा' है, मैं उसी की उपासना करता हूँ। जो इस प्रकार उसकी उपासना करता है, वह तेज 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: மின்னலில் உள்ள இந்தப் புருஷனையே நான் உபாசிக்கிறேன். அஜாதசத்ரு அவரிடம் கூறினார்: அதைப் பற்றி என்னுடன் வாதிடாதீர். தேஜஸின் ஆத்மா என்று நான் அவரை உபாசிக்கிறேன். இவ்வாறு அவரை உபாசிப்பவன் தேஜஸின் ஆத்மாவாகிறான்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "బాలాకి ఇలా అన్నాడు: విద్యుత్తులో ఉన్న ఈ పురుషుడినే నేను ఉపాసిస్తాను. అజాతశత్రువు అతనితో అన్నాడు: దాని గురించి నాతో వాదించకు. తేజస్సుకు ఆత్మ అని నేను అతన్ని ఉపాసిస్తాను. ఈ విధంగా అతన్ని ఉపాసించేవాడు తేజస్సుకు ఆత్మ అవుతాడు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಬಾಲಾಕಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಮಿಂಚಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಈ ಪುರುಷನನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಜಾತಶತ್ರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಅದರ ಕುರಿತು ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ವಾದಿಸಬೇಡ. ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನ ಆತ್ಮ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಅವನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಅವನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವನು ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನ ಆತ್ಮನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ബാലാകി പറഞ്ഞു: മിന്നലിലുള്ള ഈ പുരുഷനെ ഞാൻ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. അജാതശത്രു അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു: അതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്നോട് തർക്കിക്കരുത്. തേജസ്സിന്റെ ആത്മാവ് എന്ന് ഞാൻ അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. ഇപ്രകാരം അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവൻ തേജസ്സിന്റെ ആത്മാവായിത്തീരുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "বালাকি বললেন: বিদ্যুতে যে এই পুরুষ আছেন, আমি তাঁরই উপাসনা করি। অজাতশত্রু তাঁকে বললেন: এ বিষয়ে আমার সঙ্গে বিবাদ কোরো না। তেজের আত্মা — এভাবে আমি তাঁর উপাসনা করি। যিনি এভাবে তাঁর উপাসনা করেন, তিনি তেজের আত্মা হন।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "बालाकी म्हणाला: विजेमध्ये जो हा पुरुष आहे, त्यालाच मी उपासतो. अजातशत्रू त्याला म्हणाला: त्याविषयी माझ्याशी वाद घालू नकोस. तेजाचा आत्मा अशा त्याची मी उपासना करतो. असा जो त्याची उपासना करतो, तो तेजाचा आत्मा होतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "બાલાકિએ કહ્યું: વીજળીમાં આ જે પુરુષ છે, તેની જ હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. અજાતશત્રુએ તેને કહ્યું: તે વિષયમાં મારી સાથે વિવાદ ન કર. તેજનો આત્મા એવા તેની હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. જે આ રીતે તેની ઉપાસના કરે છે, તે તેજનો 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: ਬਿਜਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋ ਇਹ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੈ, ਉਸੇ ਦੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਅਜਾਤਸ਼ਤਰੂ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ: ਉਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਬਹਿਸ ਨਾ ਕਰ। ਤੇਜ ਦਾ ਆਤਮਾ, ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਉਸਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਜੋ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਸਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਤੇਜ 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: ବିଦ୍ୟୁତରେ ଯେଉଁ ଏହି ପୁରୁଷ, ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କରି ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଅଜାତଶତ୍ରୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ: ସେ ବିଷୟରେ ମୋ ସହ ବିବାଦ କର ନାହିଁ। ତେଜର ଆତ୍ମା ବୋଲି ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଯିଏ ଏପରି ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରେ, ସେ ତେଜର ଆତ୍ମା ହୁଏ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "بالاکی نے کہا: بجلی 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۔ میں اسے تیج کی روح کے طور پر پوجتا ہوں۔ جو اس طرح اس کی عبادت کرتا ہے، وہ تیج 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 lightning.\" Ajātaśatru said to him: \"Do not argue with me about him. I venerate him as the ātman of brilliance (tejas). Whoever venerates him thus becomes the ātman of brilliance.\"",
      "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 el relámpago.» Ajātaśatru le dijo: «No discutas conmigo sobre él. Lo venero como el ātman del resplandor (tejas). Quien lo venera así se convierte en el ātman del resplandor.»",
      "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 l'éclair. » Ajātaśatru lui dit : « Ne dispute pas avec moi à son sujet. Je le vénère comme l'ātman de l'éclat (tejas). Celui qui le vénère ainsi devient l'ātman de l'éclat. »",
      "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 Blitz ist.\" Ajātaśatru sagte zu ihm: „Streite nicht mit mir darüber. Ich verehre ihn als das ātman des Glanzes (tejas). Wer ihn so verehrt, wird das ātman des Glanzes.\"",
      "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 no relâmpago.» Ajātaśatru disse-lhe: «Não discutas comigo sobre ele. Venero-o como o ātman do esplendor (tejas). Quem assim o venera torna-se o ātman do esplendor.»",
      "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 молнии.» Аджаташатру сказал ему: «Не спорь со мной о нём. Я почитаю его как ātman сияния (tejas). Кто почитает его так, становится ātman сияния.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "巴拉基说：“我崇拜那在闪电中的补鲁沙。”阿阇世敌对他说：“关于他不要与我争论。我崇拜他为光辉（tejas）的我。”凡如此崇拜他的人，便成为光辉的我。",
      "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：「稲妻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、輝き（テージャス）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、輝き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 البرق.» فقال له أجاتشاترو: «لا تجادلني فيه. إني أعبده بوصفه آتمان النور (تيجاس). ومن عبده هكذا صار آتمان النور.»",
      "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 kilat itu.\" Ajātaśatru berkata kepadanya: \"Jangan berdebat denganku tentang dia. Aku memuja dia sebagai ātman dari cahaya (tejas). Siapa memujanya demikian, menjadi ātman dari cahaya.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "พาลากิกล่าวว่า “ข้าบูชาบุรุษผู้อยู่ในสายฟ้า” อชาตศัตรุตรัสตอบเขาว่า “อย่าโต้เถียงกับเราเรื่องพระองค์ เราบูชาพระองค์ในฐานะอาตมันแห่งความรุ่งโรจน์ (เตชะ) ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์เช่นนี้ ย่อมเป็นอาตมันแห่งความรุ่งโรจน์”",
      "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": [
    "lightning",
    "tejas",
    "brahman",
    "meditation"
  ],
  "citation": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.4. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.4/"
}