Prashna Upanishad 1: Verse 1
सुकेशा च भारद्वाजः शैब्यश्च सत्यकामः सौर्यायणी च गार्ग्यः कौसल्यश्चाश्वलायनो भार्गवो वैदर्भिः कबन्धी कात्यायनस्ते हैते ब्रह्मपरा ब्रह्मनिष्ठाः परं ब्रह्मान्वेषमाणा एष ह वै तत्सर्वं वक्ष्यतीति ते ह समित्पाणयो भगवन्तं पिप्पलादमुपसन्नाः ॥१॥
sukeśāḥ ca bhāradvājaḥ śaibyaḥ ca satyakāmaḥ saurāyaṇī ca gārgyaḥ kausalyaḥ ca āśvalāyanaḥ bhārgavaḥ vaidarbhiḥ kabandhī kātyāyanaḥ te ha ite brahma-parāḥ brahma-niṣṭhāḥ param brahma anveṣamāṇāḥ eṣaḥ ha vai tat sarvam vakṣyati iti te ha samit-pāṇayaḥ bhagavantam pippalādam upasannāḥ ॥१॥
sukeśā ca bhāradvājaḥ śaibyaśca satyakāmaḥ saurāyaṇī ca gārgyaḥ kausalyaścāśvalāyano bhārgavo vaidarbhiḥ kabandhī kātyāyanaste haite brahmaparā brahmaniṣṭhāḥ paraṃ brahmānveṣamāṇā eṣa ha vai tatsarvaṃ vakṣyatīti te ha samitpāṇayo bhagavantaṃ pippalādamupasannāḥ ॥१॥
सुकेशा च भारद्वाजः शैब्यश्च सत्यकामः सौर्यायणी च गार्ग्यः कौसल्यश्चाश्वलायनो भार्गवो वैदर्भिः कबन्धी कात्यायनस्ते हैते ब्रह्मपरा ब्रह्मनिष्ठाः परं ब्रह्मान्वेषमाणा एष ह वै तत्सर्वं वक्ष्यतीति ते ह समित्पाणयो भगवन्तं पिप्पलादमुपसन्नाः ॥१॥
Sukesha son of Bharadvaja, and Satyakama son of Sibi, and Gargya of the Surya lineage, and Kausalya son of Ashvala, and Bhargava of the Vidarbha country, and Kabandhi son of Katya—all these, devoted to Brahman, established in Brahman, seeking the Supreme Brahman, approached the venerable Pippalada with fuel in hand, thinking, 'He indeed will tell us all this.'
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