Later compilation
Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad, chapter 1: Āruṇi and Citra Gāṅgyāyani
कौषीतकिब्राह्मणोपनिषद् १ (Kauṣītaki Upaniṣad 1)
Citra Gāṅgyāyani chooses Āruṇi as priest for a sacrifice; Āruṇi sends his son Śvetaketu in his place, and the king asks him about the path that leads to the other world. Śvetaketu cannot answer, and father and son go to Citra as pupils, firewood in hand. The king teaches them the journey of the dead along the path of the gods to the world of brahman.
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Authorship note
An anonymous Upaniṣad of the Ṛgveda. Uddālaka Āruṇi Gautama is one of the characters; the teaching is King Citra's.
Editions and translations
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English
The Early Upaniṣads: Annotated Text and Translation
Oxford University Press, 1998
Translation: Patrick Olivelle
ISBN 9780195124354
Uddalaka Aruni
The Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Kaushîtaki-brâhmaṇa-upanishad
The Conscious LibraryThe Upanishads, Part I (SBE 1): Kaushîtaki-brâhmaṇa-upanishad
Clarendon Press, 1879
Translation: F. Max Müller
Dominio público.
Other works by Uddalaka Aruni
- The teaching to Śvetaketu (Chāndogya Upaniṣad, book VI) · 650
- Chāndogya Upaniṣad (passages of Uddālaka Āruṇi) · 650
- The question of the thread and the inner controller (Bṛhadāraṇyaka 3.7) · 650
- The doctrine of the five fires (pañcāgni-vidyā), received from Pravāhaṇa Jaivali · 650
- The teaching of the universal ātman (vaiśvānara-vidyā), before Aśvapati Kaikeya · 650
- Uddālaka's debates in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa · 700
- Āruṇi Upaniṣad (Āruṇeyī Upaniṣad)
- Āruṇi-śruti (lost text)
Sources
- Müller, F. Max (trad.). The Upanishads, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 1). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879 (Khândogya y Kaushîtaki-brâhmaṇa-upanishad); y Part II (SBE 15), 1884, nota a Kaṭha 1.11.
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