The Mukhya Upaniṣads

Kauṣītaki · Adhyāya 3 · Kauṣītaki 3.1

Passage 7

न हि प्रज्ञापेता वाङ्नाम किञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह ।नाहमेतन्नाम प्राज्ञासिषमिति ।न हि प्रज्ञापेतः प्राणो गन्धं कञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह नाहमेतं गन्धं प्राज्ञासिषमिति ।न हि प्रज्ञापेतं चक्षू रूपं किञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह ।नाहमेतद्रूपं प्राज्ञासिषमिति न प्रज्ञापेतं श्रोत्रं शब्दं कञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह ।नाहमेतं शब्दं प्राज्ञासिषमिति न हि प्रज्ञापेता जिह्वान्नरसं कञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह ।नाहमेतमन्नरसं प्राज्ञासिषमिति न प्रज्ञापेतौ हतौ कर्म किञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेतामन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह नाहमेतत्कर्म प्राज्ञासिषमिति न हि प्रज्ञापेतं शरीरं सुखदुःखं किञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह नाहमेतत्सुखदुःखं प्राज्ञासिषमिति न हि प्रज्ञापेत उपस्थ आनन्दं रतिं प्रजातिं काञ्चन प्रज्ञपयेदन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह ।नाहमेतमानन्दं न रतिं प्रजातिं प्राज्ञासिषमिति न हि प्रज्ञापेतौ पादावित्यां काञ्चन प्रज्ञापयेतामन्यत्र मे मनोऽभूदित्याह ।नाहमेतामित्यां प्राज्ञसिषमिति न हि प्रज्ञापेता धीः काचन सिद्ध्येन्न प्रज्ञातव्यं प्रज्ञायेत् ॥ ७ ॥

In plain words

For speech bereft of wisdom would not make any name known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that name." Breath bereft of wisdom would not make any odour known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that odour." The eye bereft of wisdom would not make any form known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that form." The ear bereft of wisdom would not make any sound known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that sound." The tongue bereft of wisdom would not make any savour of food known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that savour." The two hands bereft of wisdom would not make any action known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that action." The body bereft of wisdom would not make any pleasure or pain known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that pleasure or pain." The organ of generation bereft of wisdom would not make any delight or love or begetting known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that delight, that love, that begetting." The two feet bereft of wisdom would not make any movement known; a man says, "My mind was elsewhere; I did not know that movement." And no thought bereft of wisdom would be accomplished, nor would what is to be known be known.