Upanishads (Müller) — IV, 2

The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01): Khândogya Upanishad... | Internet Sacred Text ArchiveSacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com *The Upanishads, Part 1 (SBE01)*, by Max Müller, [1879], at sacred-texts.com ### SECOND KHA*N**D*A. 1. Then *G*âna*s*ruti Pautrâya*n*a took six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules, went to Raikva and said: 2. 'Raikva, here are six hundred cows, a necklace, and a carriage with mules; teach me the deity which you worship.' 3. The other replied: 'Fie, necklace and carriage be thine, O *S*ûdra, together with the cows.' Then *G*âna*s*ruti Pautrâya*n*a took again a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, and his own daughter, and went to him. 4. He said to him: 'Raikva, there are a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, this wife, and this village in which thou dwellest. Sir, teach me!' 5. He, opening her mouth 2, said: 'You have brought these (cows and other presents), O *S*ûdra, but only by that mouth did you make me speak.' These are the Raikva-par*n*a villages in the country of the Mahâv*ri*shas (mahâpu*n*yas) where Raikva dwelt under him 1. And he said to him: ### Footnotes 57:2 To find out her age. The commentator translates, 'Raikva, knowing her mouth to be the door of knowledge, i. e. knowing that for her he might impart his knowledge to *G*âna*s*ruti, and that p. 58 *G*âna*s*ruti by bringing such rich gifts had become a proper receiver of knowledge, consented to do what he had before refused.' 58:1 The commentator supplies adât, the king gave the villages to him. Next: IV, 3