{
  "id": "upanishads/kaushitaki.4.5",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.5/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "kaushitaki.4.5",
  "speaker": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad · Bālāki to Ajātaśatru",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "स होवाच बालाकिर्य एवैष स्तनयित्नौ पुरुषस्तमेवाहमुपास इति तं होवाचाजातशत्रुर्मा मैतस्मिन्समवादयिष्ठाः शब्दस्यात्मेति वा अहमेतमुपास इति स यो हैतमेवमुपास्ते शब्दस्यात्मा भवति ॥ ४.५ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "sa hovāca bālākirya evaiṣa stanayitnau puruṣastamevāhamupāsa iti taṃ hovācājātaśatrurmā maitasminsamavādayiṣṭhāḥ śabdasyātmeti vā ahametamupāsa iti sa yo haitamevamupāste śabdasyātmā bhavati || 4.5 ||",
    "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": "stanayitnau",
      "meaning": "in thunder",
      "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": "śabdasya",
      "meaning": "of sound",
      "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": "śabdasya",
      "meaning": "of sound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmā",
      "meaning": "self",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhavati",
      "meaning": "becomes",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "बालाकि ने कहा: जो यह स्तनयित्नु (गर्जन) में पुरुष है, मैं उसी की उपासना करता हूँ। तब अजातशत्रु ने उससे कहा: इसके विषय में मुझसे विवाद मत करो। जो 'शब्द का आत्मा' है, मैं उसी की उपासना करता हूँ। जो इस प्रकार उसकी उपासना करता है, वह शब्द 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: இடியில் உள்ள இந்தப் புருஷனையே நான் உபாசிக்கிறேன். அஜாதசத்ரு அவரிடம் கூறினார்: அதைப் பற்றி என்னுடன் வாதிடாதீர். ஒலியின் ஆத்மா என்று நான் அவரை உபாசிக்கிறேன். இவ்வாறு அவரை உபாசிப்பவன் ஒலியின் ஆத்மாவாகிறான்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "బాలాకి ఇలా అన్నాడు: ఉరుములో ఉన్న ఈ పురుషుడినే నేను ఉపాసిస్తాను. అజాతశత్రువు అతనితో అన్నాడు: దాని గురించి నాతో వాదించకు. శబ్దానికి ఆత్మ అని నేను అతన్ని ఉపాసిస్తాను. ఈ విధంగా అతన్ని ఉపాసించేవాడు శబ్దానికి ఆత్మ అవుతాడు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಬಾಲಾಕಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಗುಡುಗಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಈ ಪುರುಷನನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಜಾತಶತ್ರು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಅದರ ಕುರಿತು ನನ್ನೊಡನೆ ವಾದಿಸಬೇಡ. ಶಬ್ದದ ಆತ್ಮ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಅವನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಹೀಗೆ ಅವನನ್ನು ಉಪಾಸಿಸುವವನು ಶಬ್ದದ ಆತ್ಮನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ബാലാകി പറഞ്ഞു: ഇടിമുഴക്കത്തിലുള്ള ഈ പുരുഷനെ ഞാൻ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. അജാതശത്രു അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു: അതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്നോട് തർക്കിക്കരുത്. ശബ്ദത്തിന്റെ ആത്മാവ് എന്ന് ഞാൻ അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നു. ഇപ്രകാരം അവനെ ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവൻ ശബ്ദത്തിന്റെ ആത്മാവായിത്തീരുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "বালাকি বললেন: মেঘগর্জনে যে এই পুরুষ আছেন, আমি তাঁরই উপাসনা করি। অজাতশত্রু তাঁকে বললেন: এ বিষয়ে আমার সঙ্গে বিবাদ কোরো না। শব্দের আত্মা — এভাবে আমি তাঁর উপাসনা করি। যিনি এভাবে তাঁর উপাসনা করেন, তিনি শব্দের আত্মা হন।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "बालाकी म्हणाला: गडगडाटात जो हा पुरुष आहे, त्यालाच मी उपासतो. अजातशत्रू त्याला म्हणाला: त्याविषयी माझ्याशी वाद घालू नकोस. शब्दाचा आत्मा अशा त्याची मी उपासना करतो. असा जो त्याची उपासना करतो, तो शब्दाचा आत्मा होतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "બાલાકિએ કહ્યું: ગર્જનામાં આ જે પુરુષ છે, તેની જ હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. અજાતશત્રુએ તેને કહ્યું: તે વિષયમાં મારી સાથે વિવાદ ન કર. શબ્દનો આત્મા એવા તેની હું ઉપાસના કરું છું. જે આ રીતે તેની ઉપાસના કરે છે, તે શબ્દનો 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: ਗਰਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋ ਇਹ ਪੁਰਖ ਹੈ, ਉਸੇ ਦੀ ਮੈਂ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਅਜਾਤਸ਼ਤਰੂ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ: ਉਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਬਹਿਸ ਨਾ ਕਰ। ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਾ ਆਤਮਾ, ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਉਸਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਜੋ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਸਦੀ ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ 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: ମେଘଗର୍ଜନରେ ଯେଉଁ ଏହି ପୁରୁଷ, ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କରି ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଅଜାତଶତ୍ରୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ କହିଲେ: ସେ ବିଷୟରେ ମୋ ସହ ବିବାଦ କର ନାହିଁ। ଶବ୍ଦର ଆତ୍ମା ବୋଲି ମୁଁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରେ। ଯିଏ ଏପରି ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପାସନା କରେ, ସେ ଶବ୍ଦର ଆତ୍ମା ହୁଏ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "بالاکی نے کہا: گرج 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 آواز کی روح کے طور پر پوجتا ہوں۔ جو اس طرح اس کی عبادت کرتا ہے، وہ آواز 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 thunder.\" Ajātaśatru said to him: \"Do not argue with me about him. I venerate him as the ātman of sound. Whoever venerates him thus becomes the ātman of sound.\"",
      "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 trueno.» Ajātaśatru le dijo: «No discutas conmigo sobre él. Lo venero como el ātman del sonido. Quien lo venera así se convierte en el ātman del sonido.»",
      "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 le tonnerre. » Ajātaśatru lui dit : « Ne dispute pas avec moi à son sujet. Je le vénère comme l'ātman du son. Celui qui le vénère ainsi devient l'ātman du son. »",
      "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 Donner ist.\" Ajātaśatru sagte zu ihm: „Streite nicht mit mir darüber. Ich verehre ihn als das ātman des Klanges. Wer ihn so verehrt, wird das ātman des Klanges.\"",
      "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 trovão.» Ajātaśatru disse-lhe: «Não discutas comigo sobre ele. Venero-o como o ātman do som. Quem assim o venera torna-se o ātman do som.»",
      "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 громе.» Аджаташатру сказал ему: «Не спорь со мной о нём. Я почитаю его как ātman звука. Кто почитает его так, становится ātman звука.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "巴拉基说：“我崇拜那在雷鸣中的补鲁沙。”阿阇世敌对他说：“关于他不要与我争论。我崇拜他为声音的我。”凡如此崇拜他的人，便成为声音的我。",
      "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：「雷鳴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、音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、音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 الرعد.» فقال له أجاتشاترو: «لا تجادلني فيه. إني أعبده بوصفه آتمان الصوت. ومن عبده هكذا صار آتمان الصوت.»",
      "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 guntur itu.\" Ajātaśatru berkata kepadanya: \"Jangan berdebat denganku tentang dia. Aku memuja dia sebagai ātman dari suara. Siapa memujanya demikian, menjadi ātman dari suara.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "พาลากิกล่าวว่า “ข้าบูชาบุรุษผู้อยู่ในเสียงฟ้าคำราม” อชาตศัตรุตรัสตอบเขาว่า “อย่าโต้เถียงกับเราเรื่องพระองค์ เราบูชาพระองค์ในฐานะอาตมันแห่งเสียง ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์เช่นนี้ ย่อมเป็นอาตมันแห่งเสียง”",
      "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": [
    "thunder",
    "sound",
    "meditation",
    "atman"
  ],
  "citation": "Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 4.5. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/kaushitaki.4.5/"
}