{
  "id": "upanishads/katha.2.3.12",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.12/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "katha.2.3.12",
  "speaker": "Kaṭha Upaniṣad",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "नैव वाचा न मनसा प्राप्तुं शक्यो न चक्षुषा ।\nअस्तीति ब्रुवतोऽन्यत्र कथं तदुपलभ्यते ॥ २.३.१२ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "naiva vācā na manasā prāptuṃ śakyo na cakṣuṣā |\nastīti bruvato'nyatra kathaṃ tadupalabhyate || 2.3.12 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "naiva",
      "meaning": "not indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vācā",
      "meaning": "by speech",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "nor",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "manasā",
      "meaning": "by mind",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prāptuṃ",
      "meaning": "to be attained",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "śakyaḥ",
      "meaning": "is possible",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "nor",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "cakṣuṣā",
      "meaning": "by the eye",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "asti",
      "meaning": "it is",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bruvataḥ",
      "meaning": "of one who says",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "anyatra",
      "meaning": "otherwise",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "katham",
      "meaning": "how",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tat",
      "meaning": "that",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "upalabhyate",
      "meaning": "is apprehended",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "उसे न वाणी से, न मन से, न नेत्र से प्राप्त किया जा सकता है। 'वह है' ऐसा कहने वाले के सिवा उसे कैसे जाना जा सकता है?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "அவரை வாக்கினாலோ, மனத்தாலோ, கண்ணாலோ அடைய முடியாது. 'அவர் இருக்கிறார்' என்று சொல்பவரைத் தவிர வேறு எவ்வாறு அவர் அறியப்படுவார்?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "ఆయనను వాక్కుతో గాని, మనస్సుతో గాని, కన్నుతో గాని పొందలేము. 'ఉన్నాడు' అని అనేవారు కాకుండా ఇతరులకు ఆయన ఎలా అర్థమవుతాడు?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಅವನನ್ನು ವಾಣಿಯಿಂದಾಗಲಿ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಾಗಲಿ, ಕಣ್ಣಿನಿಂದಾಗಲಿ ಪಡೆಯಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ. 'ಅವನಿದ್ದಾನೆ' ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುವವನನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬೇರೆಯವರಿಗೆ ಅವನು ಹೇಗೆ ಅರಿವಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "വാക്കുകൊണ്ടോ മനസ്സുകൊണ്ടോ കണ്ണുകൊണ്ടോ അവനെ നേടാനാവില്ല. 'അവനുണ്ട്' എന്നു പറയുന്നവനല്ലാതെ മറ്റാർക്ക് അവനെ അറിയാനാകും?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "বাক্য দিয়ে, মন দিয়ে বা চোখ দিয়ে তাঁকে লাভ করা যায় না। 'তিনি আছেন' এই কথা যে বলে, তাকে ছাড়া অন্যভাবে তিনি কীভাবে উপলব্ধ হবেন?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "वाणीने, मनाने किंवा डोळ्यांनी त्याला प्राप्त करता येत नाही. 'तो आहे' असे म्हणणाऱ्याशिवाय इतरांना तो कसा जाणवेल?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "વાણીથી, મનથી કે આંખથી તેને પ્રાપ્ત કરી શકાતો નથી. 'તે છે' એમ કહેનાર સિવાય બીજી રીતે તે કેવી રીતે જણાય?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਵਾਣੀ ਨਾਲ, ਮਨ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਅੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ। 'ਉਹ ਹੈ' ਆਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਸਮਝ ਆਵੇ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ବାଣୀ, ମନ ବା ଚକ୍ଷୁ ଦ୍ୱାରା ତାହାଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରାଯାଇ ପାରେ ନାହିଁ। 'ସେ ଅଛନ୍ତି' ଏହା କହୁଥିବା ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ବ୍ୟତୀତ ଅନ୍ୟ କିପରି ତାହାଙ୍କୁ ଜଣାଯିବ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "نہ زبان سے، نہ ذہن سے، نہ آنکھ سے اسے پایا جا سکتا ہے۔ 'وہ ہے' کہنے والے کے سوا اسے کیسے جانا جا سکتا ہے؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "He cannot be reached by speech, nor by mind, nor by the eye. How can he be apprehended by anyone other than one who says, \"He is\"?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "No se le puede alcanzar por la palabra, ni por la mente, ni por el ojo. ¿Cómo puede ser conocido por otro que no sea quien dice: «Él es»?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "On ne peut l'atteindre ni par la parole, ni par l'esprit, ni par l'œil. Comment peut-il être saisi autrement que par celui qui dit : « Il est » ?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Er ist nicht durch Rede, nicht durch Geist und nicht durch das Auge zu erlangen. Wie könnte er anders erfasst werden als von dem, der sagt: »Er ist«?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Ele não pode ser alcançado pela palavra, nem pela mente, nem pelo olho. Como poderia ser apreendido por outro que não aquele que diz: «Ele é»?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Его нельзя достичь ни речью, ни умом, ни глазом. Как можно постичь Его иначе, чем через того, кто говорит: «Он есть»?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "不能以言语，也不能以心意，或以眼睛获得他。除了说“他存在”的人，别人怎样能够领会他呢？",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "言葉によっても、心によっても、眼によっても、彼を得ることはできない。「彼はある」と言う者以外の者に、どうして彼が把握されようか。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "لا يُنال بالكلام ولا بالعقل ولا بالبصر. فكيف يُدرك إلا من يقول: «إنه موجود»؟",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Ia tidak dapat dicapai dengan ucapan, tidak pula dengan pikiran atau dengan mata. Bagaimana ia dapat dipahami oleh selain orang yang berkata, \"Ia ada\"?",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ไม่อาจบรรลุพระองค์ได้ด้วยวาจา ไม่ว่าด้วยใจหรือด้วยตา หากไม่ใช่ผู้กล่าวว่า \"พระองค์มีอยู่\" จะรู้จักพระองค์ได้อย่างไร",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Kaṭha Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “कठोपनिषत्/द्वितीयोध्यायः/तृतीयवल्ली” (revision 403133)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%2F%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83%2F%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80&oldid=403133"
  },
  "topics": [
    "atman",
    "knowledge",
    "perception"
  ],
  "citation": "Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3.12. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/katha.2.3.12/"
}