Upaniṣads · Kaṭha 2.2
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Kaṭha 2.2.1
पुरमेकादशद्वारमजस्यावक्रचेतसः ।
अनुष्ठाय न शोचति विमुक्तश्च विमुच्यते ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.२.१ ॥
The city of eleven gates belongs to the unborn one of straight mind. Meditating on it, one does not grieve; being freed, one is wholly released. This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.2.2
हँसः शुचिषद्वसुरान्तरिक्षसद्-
होता वेदिषदतिथिर्दुरोणसत् ।
नृषद्वरसदृतसद्व्योमसद्
अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतं बृहत् ॥ २.२.२ ॥
The swan dwells in purity, as Vasu dwells in the atmosphere; it is the hotṛ, seated on the altar, the guest dwelling in the house; it dwells among men, among the excellent, in truth, in the sky. Born of water, born of earth, born of truth, born of the mountain — it is truth, the great.
Kaṭha 2.2.3
ऊर्ध्वं प्राणमुन्नयत्यपानं प्रत्यगस्यति ।
मध्ये वामनमासीनं विश्वे देवा उपासते ॥ २.२.३ ॥
He lifts up the prāṇa upward and sends the apāna downward. The gods all worship the dwarf (vāmana) seated in the middle.
Kaṭha 2.2.4
अस्य विस्रंसमानस्य शरीरस्थस्य देहिनः ।
देहाद्विमुच्यमानस्य किमत्र परिशिष्यते ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.२.४ ॥
When the embodied self dwelling in this body is falling apart and is released from the body, what remains here? This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.2.5
न प्राणेन नापानेन मर्त्यो जीवति कश्चन ।
इतरेण तु जीवन्ति यस्मिन्नेतावुपाश्रितौ ॥ २.२.५ ॥
No mortal lives by the prāṇa or by the apāna. They live by another, upon which these two depend.
Kaṭha 2.2.6
हन्त त इदं प्रवक्ष्यामि गुह्यं ब्रह्म सनातनम् ।
यथा च मरणं प्राप्य आत्मा भवति गौतम ॥ २.२.६ ॥
Listen, Gautama. I will tell you this secret, eternal brahman, and also how the ātman becomes after reaching death.
Kaṭha 2.2.7
योनिमन्ये प्रपद्यन्ते शरीरत्वाय देहिनः ।
स्थाणुमन्येऽनुसंयन्ति यथाकर्म यथाश्रुतम् ॥ २.२.७ ॥
Some enter a womb to take on embodiment, according to their deeds and what they have learned; others pass into an unmoving form (sthāṇu).
Kaṭha 2.2.8
य एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कामं कामं पुरुषो निर्मिमाणः ।
तदेव शुक्रं तद्ब्रह्म तदेवामृतमुच्यते ।
तस्मिँल्लोकाः श्रिताः सर्वे तदु नात्येति कश्चन ।
एतद्वै तत् ॥ २.२.८ ॥
That Person who remains awake while others sleep, shaping desire after desire, is indeed the bright one; that is brahman, that alone is called immortal. All worlds rest in it, and no one goes beyond it. This indeed is that.
Kaṭha 2.2.9
अग्निर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो
रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव ।
एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा
रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च ॥ २.२.९ ॥
Just as one fire, having entered the world, takes on a form corresponding to each form, so the one inner self of all beings takes on a form corresponding to each form, and exists outside as well.
Kaṭha 2.2.10
वायुर्यथैको भुवनं प्रविष्टो
रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बभूव ।
एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा
रूपं रूपं प्रतिरूपो बहिश्च ॥ २.२.१० ॥
Just as one wind, having entered the world, takes on a form corresponding to each form, so the one inner self of all beings takes on a form corresponding to each form, and exists outside as well.
Kaṭha 2.2.11
सूर्यो यथा सर्वलोकस्य चक्षुः
न लिप्यते चाक्षुषैर्बाह्यदोषैः ।
एकस्तथा सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा
न लिप्यते लोकदुःखेन बाह्यः ॥ २.२.११ ॥
As the sun, the eye of the whole world, is not stained by the outward faults seen by the eye, so the one inner self of all beings is not stained by the suffering of the world; it stands apart from it.
Kaṭha 2.2.12
एको वशी सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा
एकं रूपं बहुधा यः करोति ।
तमात्मस्थं येऽनुपश्यन्ति धीराः
तेषां सुखं शाश्वतं नेतरेषाम् ॥ २.२.१२ ॥
The one controller, the inner self of all beings, who makes his one form into many: the steadfast wise who perceive him abiding in their own self, theirs alone is eternal happiness, not that of others.
Kaṭha 2.2.13
नित्योऽनित्यानां चेतनश्चेतनानाम्
एको बहूनां यो विदधाति कामान् ।
तमात्मस्थं येऽनुपश्यन्ति धीराः
तेषां शान्तिः शाश्वती नेतरेषाम् ॥ २.२.१३ ॥
The eternal among the non-eternal, the conscious among the conscious, the one who grants the desires of many: the steadfast wise who perceive him abiding in their own self, theirs alone is eternal peace, not that of others.
Kaṭha 2.2.14
तदेतदिति मन्यन्तेऽनिर्देश्यं परमं सुखम् ।
कथं नु तद्विजानीयां किमु भाति विभाति वा ॥ २.२.१४ ॥
They consider it thus: 'That, this,' the indescribable supreme bliss. How then could I know it? Does it shine, or does it shine forth?
Kaṭha 2.2.15
न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं
नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः ।
तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं
तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति ॥ २.२.१५ ॥
There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine, much less this fire. When he shines, everything shines after him; by his light all this is illumined.