Upaniṣads · Kaṭha 2.1
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Kaṭha 2.1.1
पराञ्चि खानि व्यतृणत् स्वयम्भू-
स्तस्मात्पराङ्पश्यति नान्तरात्मन् ।
कश्चिद्धीरः प्रत्यगात्मानमैक्ष-
दावृत्तचक्षुरमृतत्वमिच्छन् ॥ २.१.१ ॥
The self-existent one pierced the openings outward; therefore one looks outward and does not see the inner self. Some steady person, desiring immortality, turned his eyes back and beheld the inner self.
Kaṭha 2.1.2
पराचः कामाननुयन्ति बाला-
स्ते मृत्योर्यन्ति विततस्य पाशम् ।
अथ धीरा अमृतत्वं विदित्वा
ध्रुवमध्रुवेष्विह न प्रार्थयन्ते ॥ २.१.२ ॥
The foolish follow outward-going desires and fall into the wide-spread snare of death. But the steady ones, knowing immortality (amṛtatva), do not seek the enduring (dhruva) among the transient things here.
Kaṭha 2.1.3
येन रूपं रसं गन्धं शब्दान् स्पर्शाँश्च मैथुनान् ।
एतेनैव विजानाति किमत्र परिशिष्यते ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.३ ॥
By that by which one knows form, taste, smell, sounds, touches and sexual pleasures, by this alone one knows. What remains here? This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.1.4
स्वप्नान्तं जागरितान्तं चोभौ येनानुपश्यति ।
महान्तं विभुमात्मानं मत्वा धीरो न शोचति ॥ २.१.४ ॥
By which one sees both the end of the dream state and the end of the waking state, having known that great, all-pervading self (ātman), the steady one does not grieve.
Kaṭha 2.1.5
य इमं मध्वदं वेद आत्मानं जीवमन्तिकात् ।
ईशानं भूतभव्यस्य न ततो विजुगुप्सते ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.५ ॥
He who knows this honey-eater, the living self (jīva) that is near at hand, as the lord of what has been and what will be, does not wish to hide himself from it. This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.1.6
यः पूर्वं तपसो जातमद्भ्यः पूर्वमजायत ।
गुहां प्रविश्य तिष्ठन्तं यो भूतेभिर्व्यपश्यत ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.६ ॥
He who was first born from heat, who was born before the waters, who, having entered the cave, abides there and perceives all beings — that indeed is this.
Kaṭha 2.1.7
या प्राणेन संभवत्यदितिर्देवतामयी ।
गुहां प्रविश्य तिष्ठन्तीं या भूतेभिर्व्यजायत ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.७ ॥
She who arises with the breath, Aditi, full of the gods, who, having entered the cave, abides there, and who was born together with the beings — that indeed is this.
Kaṭha 2.1.8
अरण्योर्निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुभृतो गर्भिणीभिः ।
दिवे दिवे ईड्यो जागृवद्भिर्हविष्मद्भिर्मनुष्येभिरग्निः ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.८ ॥
Agni, the knower of all born beings, placed in the two fire-sticks, like an embryo well tended by pregnant women, to be praised day by day by wakeful men who offer oblations — that indeed is this.
Kaṭha 2.1.9
यतश्चोदेति सूर्योऽस्तं यत्र च गच्छति ।
तं देवाः सर्वेऽर्पितास्तदु नात्येति कश्चन ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.९ ॥
That from which the sun rises and in which it sets — in it all the gods are fixed; no one ever goes beyond it. That indeed is this.
Kaṭha 2.1.10
यदेवेह तदमुत्र यदमुत्र तदन्विह ।
मृत्योः स मृत्युमाप्नोति य इह नानेव पश्यति ॥ २.१.१० ॥
What is here is there, and what is there is here likewise. He who sees manifoldness here, as it were, goes from death to death.
Kaṭha 2.1.11
मनसैवेदमाप्तव्यं नेह नानाऽस्ति किंचन ।
मृत्योः स मृत्युं गच्छति य इह नानेव पश्यति ॥ २.१.११ ॥
It is to be obtained by the mind alone; there is no manifoldness whatever here. He who sees manifoldness here, as it were, goes from death to death.
Kaṭha 2.1.12
अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषो मध्य आत्मनि तिष्ठति ।
ईशानं भूतभव्यस्य न ततो विजुगुप्सते ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.१२ ॥
The person of the size of a thumb abides in the middle of the self. He is the lord of what has been and what will be; from him one does not shrink. This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.1.13
अङ्गुष्ठमात्रः पुरुषो ज्योतिरिवाधूमकः ।
ईशानो भूतभव्यस्य स एवाद्य स उ श्वः ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.१.१३ ॥
The person of the size of a thumb is like a smokeless light. He is the lord of what has been and what will be; he indeed is today, and he is also tomorrow. This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.1.14
यथोदकं दुर्गे वृष्टं पर्वतेषु विधावति ।
एवं धर्मान् पृथक् पश्यंस्तानेवानुविधावति ॥ २.१.१४ ॥
As rain that falls on rugged mountain ground scatters and runs off in every direction, so the one who sees the dharmas as separate runs after precisely those dharmas.
Kaṭha 2.1.15
यथोदकं शुद्धे शुद्धमासिक्तं तादृगेव भवति ।
एवं मुनेर्विजानत आत्मा भवति गौतम ॥ २.१.१५ ॥
As pure water poured into pure water becomes just the same, so, O Gautama, becomes the ātman of the sage who knows.