Kaushitaki Upanishad 3.3

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स होवाच त्वमेव मे वृणीष्व यं त्वं मन्यसे मनुष्याय हिततमम्।

sa hovāca tvameva me vṛṇīṣva yaṃ tvaṃ manyase manuṣyāya hitatamam |

"Pratardana replied: "You choose for me what you consider most beneficial for a human being.""

What This Means:

Wisely, Pratardana asked Indra to choose what is truly best for a human - trusting divine wisdom over his own desires.

Going Deeper:

This shows supreme humility and wisdom - recognizing that we may not know what is truly best for us.

How To Apply This:

Sometimes the wisest request is to ask for what is truly good, not what we think we want.

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