Katha Upanishad

kaṭhopaniṣat

oṃ
॥ atha kaṭhopaniṣad ॥

oṃ saha nāvavatu । saha nau bhunaktu । sahavīryaṃ karavāvahai ।
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu । mā vidviṣāvahai ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

Part I
Canto I

oṃ uśan ha vai vājaśravasaḥ sarvavedasaṃ dadau ।
tasya ha naciketā nāma putra āsa ॥ 1॥

tam̐ ha kumāram̐ santaṃ dakṣiṇāsu
nīyamānāsu śraddhāviveśa so'manyata ॥ 2॥

pītodakā jagdhatṛṇā dugdhadohā nirindriyāḥ ।
anandā nāma te lokāstān sa gacchati tā dadat ॥ 3॥

sa hovāca pitaraṃ tata kasmai māṃ dāsyasīti ।
dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tam̐ hovāca mṛtyave tvā dadāmīti ॥ 4॥

bahūnāmemi prathamo bahūnāmemi madhyamaḥ ।
kim̐ svidyamasya kartavyaṃ yanmayā'dya kariṣyati ॥ 5॥

anupaśya yathā pūrve pratipaśya tathā'pare ।
sasyamiva martyaḥ pacyate sasyamivājāyate punaḥ ॥ 6॥

vaiśvānaraḥ praviśatyatithirbrāhmaṇo gṛhān ।
tasyaitām̐ śāntiṃ kurvanti hara vaivasvatodakam ॥ 7॥

āśāpratīkṣe saṃgatam̐ sūnṛtāṃ
ceṣṭāpūrte putrapaśūm̐śca sarvān ।
etadvṛṅkte puruṣasyālpamedhaso
yasyānaśnanvasati brāhmaṇo gṛhe ॥ 8॥

tisro rātrīryadavātsīrgṛhe me-
'naśnan brahmannatithirnamasyaḥ ।
namaste'stu brahman svasti me'stu
tasmātprati trīnvarānvṛṇīṣva ॥ 9॥

śāntasaṃkalpaḥ sumanā yathā syād
vītamanyurgautamo mā'bhi mṛtyo ।
tvatprasṛṣṭaṃ mā'bhivadetpratīta
etat trayāṇāṃ prathamaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe ॥ 10॥

yathā purastād bhavitā pratīta
auddālakirāruṇirmatprasṛṣṭaḥ ।
sukham̐ rātrīḥ śayitā vītamanyuḥ
tvāṃ dadṛśivānmṛtyumukhāt pramuktam ॥ 11॥

svarge loke na bhayaṃ kiṃcanāsti
na tatra tvaṃ na jarayā bibheti ।
ubhe tīrtvā'śanāyāpipāse
śokātigo modate svargaloke ॥ 12॥

sa tvamagnim̐ svargyamadhyeṣi mṛtyo
prabrūhi tvam̐ śraddadhānāya mahyam ।
svargalokā amṛtatvaṃ bhajanta
etad dvitīyena vṛṇe vareṇa ॥ 13॥

pra te bravīmi tadu me nibodha
svargyamagniṃ naciketaḥ prajānan ।
anantalokāptimatho pratiṣṭhāṃ
viddhi tvametaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyām ॥ 14॥

lokādimagniṃ tamuvāca tasmai
yā iṣṭakā yāvatīrvā yathā vā ।
sa cāpi tatpratyavadadyathoktaṃ
athāsya mṛtyuḥ punarevāha tuṣṭaḥ ॥ 15॥

tamabravīt prīyamāṇo mahātmā
varaṃ tavehādya dadāmi bhūyaḥ ।
tavaiva nāmnā bhavitā'yamagniḥ
sṛṅkāṃ cemāmanekarūpāṃ gṛhāṇa ॥ 16॥

triṇāciketastribhiretya sandhiṃ
trikarmakṛttarati janmamṛtyū ।
brahmajajñaṃ devamīḍyaṃ viditvā
nicāyyemām̐ śāntimatyantameti ॥ 17॥

triṇāciketastrayametadviditvā
ya evaṃ vidvām̐ścinute nāciketam ।
sa mṛtyupāśān purataḥ praṇodya
śokātigo modate svargaloke ॥ 18॥

eṣa te'gnirnaciketaḥ svargyo
yamavṛṇīthā dvitīyena vareṇa ।
etamagniṃ tavaiva pravakṣyanti janāsaḥ
tṛtīyaṃ varaṃ naciketo vṛṇīṣva ॥ 19॥

yeyaṃ prete vicikitsā manuṣye-
'stītyeke nāyamastīti caike ।
etadvidyāmanuśiṣṭastvayā'haṃ
varāṇāmeṣa varastṛtīyaḥ ॥ 20॥

devairatrāpi vicikitsitaṃ purā
na hi suvijñeyamaṇureṣa dharmaḥ ।
anyaṃ varaṃ naciketo vṛṇīṣva
mā moparotsīrati mā sṛjainam ॥ 21॥

devairatrāpi vicikitsitaṃ kila
tvaṃ ca mṛtyo yanna sujñeyamāttha ।
vaktā cāsya tvādṛganyo na labhyo
nānyo varastulya etasya kaścit ॥ 22॥

śatāyuṣaḥ putrapautrānvṛṇīṣvā
bahūnpaśūn hastihiraṇyamaśvān ।
bhūmermahadāyatanaṃ vṛṇīṣva
svayaṃ ca jīva śarado yāvadicchasi ॥ 23॥

etattulyaṃ yadi manyase varaṃ
vṛṇīṣva vittaṃ cirajīvikāṃ ca ।
mahābhūmau naciketastvamedhi
kāmānāṃ tvā kāmabhājaṃ karomi ॥ 24॥

ye ye kāmā durlabhā martyaloke
sarvān kāmām̐śchandataḥ prārthayasva ।
imā rāmāḥ sarathāḥ satūryā
na hīdṛśā lambhanīyā manuṣyaiḥ ।
ābhirmatprattābhiḥ paricārayasva
naciketo maraṇaṃ mā'nuprākṣīḥ ॥ 25॥

śvobhāvā martyasya yadantakaitat
sarveṃdriyāṇāṃ jarayaṃti tejaḥ ।
api sarvaṃ jīvitamalpameva
tavaiva vāhāstava nṛtyagīte ॥ 26॥

na vittena tarpaṇīyo manuṣyo
lapsyāmahe vittamadrākṣma cettvā ।
jīviṣyāmo yāvadīśiṣyasi tvaṃ
varastu me varaṇīyaḥ sa eva ॥ 27॥

ajīryatāmamṛtānāmupetya
jīryanmartyaḥ kvadhaḥsthaḥ prajānan ।
abhidhyāyan varṇaratipramodān
atidīrghe jīvite ko rameta ॥ 28॥

yasminnidaṃ vicikitsanti mṛtyo
yatsāmparāye mahati brūhi nastat ।
yo'yaṃ varo gūḍhamanupraviṣṭo
nānyaṃ tasmānnaciketā vṛṇīte ॥ 29॥

॥ iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi prathamādhyāye prathamā vallī ॥

Part I
Canto II

anyacchreyo'nyadutaiva preya-
ste ubhe nānārthe puruṣam̐ sinītaḥ ।
tayoḥ śreya ādadānasya sādhu
bhavati hīyate'rthādya u preyo vṛṇīte ॥ 1॥

śreyaśca preyaśca manuṣyametaḥ
tau samparītya vivinakti dhīraḥ ।
śreyo hi dhīro'bhi preyaso vṛṇīte
preyo mando yogakṣemādvṛṇīte ॥ 2॥

sa tvaṃ priyānpriyarūpāṃśca kāmān
abhidhyāyannaciketo'tyasrākṣīḥ ।
naitāṃ sṛṅkāṃ vittamayīmavāpto
yasyāṃ majjanti bahavo manuṣyāḥ ॥ 3॥

dūramete viparīte viṣūcī
avidyā yā ca vidyeti jñātā ।
vidyābhīpsinaṃ naciketasaṃ manye
na tvā kāmā bahavo'lolupanta ॥ 4॥

avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ
svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃmanyamānāḥ ।
dandramyamāṇāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā
andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ ॥ 5॥

na sāmparāyaḥ pratibhāti bālaṃ
pramādyantaṃ vittamohena mūḍham ।
ayaṃ loko nāsti para iti mānī
punaḥ punarvaśamāpadyate me ॥ 6॥

śravaṇāyāpi bahubhiryo na labhyaḥ
śṛṇvanto'pi bahavo yaṃ na vidyuḥ ।
āścaryo vaktā kuśalo'sya labdhā
āścaryo jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ ॥ 7॥

na nareṇāvareṇa prokta eṣa
suvijñeyo bahudhā cintyamānaḥ ।
ananyaprokte gatiratra nāsti
aṇīyān hyatarkyamaṇupramāṇāt ॥ 8॥

naiṣā tarkeṇa matirāpaneyā
proktānyenaiva sujñānāya preṣṭha ।
yāṃ tvamāpaḥ satyadhṛtirbatāsi
tvādṛṅno bhūyānnaciketaḥ praṣṭā ॥ 9॥

jānāmyahaṃ śevadhirityanityaṃ
na hyadhruvaiḥ prāpyate hi dhruvaṃ tat ।
tato mayā nāciketaścito'gniḥ
anityairdravyaiḥ prāptavānasmi nityam ॥ 10॥

kāmasyāptiṃ jagataḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ
kratorānantyamabhayasya pāram ।
stomamahadurugāyaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ dṛṣṭvā
dhṛtyā dhīro naciketo'tyasrākṣīḥ ॥ 11॥

taṃ durdarśaṃ gūḍhamanupraviṣṭaṃ
guhāhitaṃ gahvareṣṭhaṃ purāṇam ।
adhyātmayogādhigamena devaṃ
matvā dhīro harṣaśokau jahāti ॥ 12॥

etacchrutvā samparigṛhya martyaḥ
pravṛhya dharmyamaṇumetamāpya ।
sa modate modanīyam̐ hi labdhvā
vivṛtam̐ sadma naciketasaṃ manye ॥ 13॥

anyatra dharmādanyatrādharmā-
danyatrāsmātkṛtākṛtāt ।
anyatra bhūtācca bhavyācca
yattatpaśyasi tadvada ॥ 14॥

sarve vedā yatpadamāmananti
tapām̐si sarvāṇi ca yadvadanti ।
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti
tatte padam̐ saṃgraheṇa bravīmyomityetat ॥ 15॥

etaddhyevākṣaraṃ brahma etaddhyevākṣaraṃ param ।
etaddhyevākṣaraṃ jñātvā yo yadicchati tasya tat ॥ 16॥

etadālambanam̐ śreṣṭhametadālambanaṃ param ।
etadālambanaṃ jñātvā brahmaloke mahīyate ॥ 17॥

na jāyate mriyate vā vipaścin
nāyaṃ kutaścinna babhūva kaścit ।
ajo nityaḥ śāśvato'yaṃ purāṇo
na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ॥ 18॥

hantā cenmanyate hantum̐ hataścenmanyate hatam ।
ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyam̐ hanti na hanyate ॥ 19॥

aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahīyā-
nātmā'sya jantornihito guhāyām ।
tamakratuḥ paśyati vītaśoko
dhātuprasādānmahimānamātmanaḥ ॥ 20॥

āsīno dūraṃ vrajati śayāno yāti sarvataḥ ।
kastaṃ madāmadaṃ devaṃ madanyo jñātumarhati ॥ 21॥

aśarīram̐ śarīreṣvanavastheṣvavasthitam ।
mahāntaṃ vibhumātmānaṃ matvā dhīro na śocati ॥ 22॥

nāyamātmā pravacanena labhyo
na medhayā na bahunā śrutena ।
yamevaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyaḥ
tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūm̐ svām ॥ 23॥

nāvirato duścaritānnāśānto nāsamāhitaḥ ।
nāśāntamānaso vā'pi prajñānenainamāpnuyāt ॥ 24॥

yasya brahma ca kṣatraṃ ca ubhe bhavata odanaḥ ।
mṛtyuryasyopasecanaṃ ka itthā veda yatra saḥ ॥ 25॥

iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi prathamādhyāye dvitīyā vallī ॥

Part I
Canto III

ṛtaṃ pibantau sukṛtasya loke
guhāṃ praviṣṭau parame parārdhe ।
chāyātapau brahmavido vadanti
pañcāgnayo ye ca triṇāciketāḥ ॥ 1॥

yaḥ seturījānānāmakṣaraṃ brahma yat param ।
abhayaṃ titīrṣatāṃ pāraṃ nāciketam̐ śakemahi ॥ 2॥

ātmānam̐ rathitaṃ viddhi śarīram̐ rathameva tu ।
buddhiṃ tu sārathiṃ viddhi manaḥ pragrahameva ca ॥ 3॥

indriyāṇi hayānāhurviṣayām̐ steṣu gocarān ।
ātmendriyamanoyuktaṃ bhoktetyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ॥ 4॥

yastvavijñānavānbhavatyayuktena manasā sadā ।
tasyendriyāṇyavaśyāni duṣṭāśvā iva sāratheḥ ॥ 5॥

yastu vijñānavānbhavati yuktena manasā sadā ।
tasyendriyāṇi vaśyāni sadaśvā iva sāratheḥ ॥ 6॥

yastvavijñānavānbhavatyamanaskaḥ sadā'śuciḥ ।
na sa tatpadamāpnoti saṃsāraṃ cādhigacchati ॥ 7॥

yastu vijñānavānbhavati samanaskaḥ sadā śuciḥ ।
sa tu tatpadamāpnoti yasmādbhūyo na jāyate ॥ 8॥

vijñānasārathiryastu manaḥ pragrahavānnaraḥ ।
so'dhvanaḥ pāramāpnoti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam ॥ 9॥

indriyebhyaḥ parā hyarthā arthebhyaśca paraṃ manaḥ ।
manasastu parā buddhirbuddherātmā mahānparaḥ ॥ 10॥

mahataḥ paramavyaktamavyaktātpuruṣaḥ paraḥ ।
puruṣānna paraṃ kiṃcitsā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatiḥ ॥ 11॥

eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍho''tmā na prakāśate ।
dṛśyate tvagryayā buddhyā sūkṣmayā sūkṣmadarśibhiḥ ॥ 12॥

yacchedvāṅmanasī prājñastadyacchejjñāna ātmani ।
jñānamātmani mahati niyacchettadyacchecchānta ātmani ॥ 13॥

uttiṣṭhata jāgrata
prāpya varānnibodhata ।
kṣurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā
durgaṃ pathastatkavayo vadanti ॥ 14॥

aśabdamasparśamarūpamavyayaṃ
tathā'rasaṃ nityamagandhavacca yat ।
anādyanantaṃ mahataḥ paraṃ dhruvaṃ
nicāyya tanmṛtyumukhāt pramucyate ॥ 15॥

nāciketamupākhyānaṃ mṛtyuproktam̐ sanātanam ।
uktvā śrutvā ca medhāvī brahmaloke mahīyate ॥ 16॥

ya imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ śrāvayed brahmasaṃsadi ।
prayataḥ śrāddhakāle vā tadānantyāya kalpate ।
tadānantyāya kalpata iti ॥ 17॥

iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi prathamādhyāye tṛtīyā vallī ॥

Part II
Canto I

parāñci khāni vyatṛṇat svayambhū-
stasmātparāṅpaśyati nāntarātman ।
kaściddhīraḥ pratyagātmānamaikṣa-
dāvṛttacakṣuramṛtatvamicchan ॥ 1॥

parācaḥ kāmānanuyanti bālā-
ste mṛtyoryanti vitatasya pāśam ।
atha dhīrā amṛtatvaṃ viditvā
dhruvamadhruveṣviha na prārthayante ॥ 2॥

yena rūpaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ śabdān sparśām̐śca maithunān ।
etenaiva vijānāti kimatra pariśiṣyate । etadvai tat ॥ 3॥

svapnāntaṃ jāgaritāntaṃ cobhau yenānupaśyati ।
mahāntaṃ vibhumātmānaṃ matvā dhīro na śocati ॥ 4॥

ya imaṃ madhvadaṃ veda ātmānaṃ jīvamantikāt ।
īśānaṃ bhūtabhavyasya na tato vijugupsate । etadvai tat ॥ 5॥

yaḥ pūrvaṃ tapaso jātamadbhyaḥ pūrvamajāyata ।
guhāṃ praviśya tiṣṭhantaṃ yo bhūtebhirvyapaśyata । etadvai tat ॥ 6॥

yā prāṇena saṃbhavatyaditirdevatāmayī ।
guhāṃ praviśya tiṣṭhantīṃ yā bhūtebhirvyajāyata । etadvai tat ॥ 7॥

araṇyornihito jātavedā garbha iva subhṛto garbhiṇībhiḥ ।
dive dive īḍyo jāgṛvadbhirhaviṣmadbhirmanuṣyebhiragniḥ । etadvai tat ॥ 8॥

yataścodeti sūryo'staṃ yatra ca gacchati ।
taṃ devāḥ sarve'rpitāstadu nātyeti kaścana । etadvai tat ॥ 9॥

yadeveha tadamutra yadamutra tadanviha ।
mṛtyoḥ sa mṛtyumāpnoti ya iha nāneva paśyati ॥ 10॥

manasaivedamāptavyaṃ neha nānā'sti kiṃcana ।
mṛtyoḥ sa mṛtyuṃ gacchati ya iha nāneva paśyati ॥ 11॥

aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo madhya ātmani tiṣṭhati ।
īśānaṃ bhūtabhavyasya na tato vijugupsate । etadvai tat ॥ 12॥

aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo jyotirivādhūmakaḥ ।
īśāno bhūtabhavyasya sa evādya sa u śvaḥ । etadvai tat ॥ 13॥

yathodakaṃ durge vṛṣṭaṃ parvateṣu vidhāvati ।
evaṃ dharmān pṛthak paśyaṃstānevānuvidhāvati ॥ 14॥

yathodakaṃ śuddhe śuddhamāsiktaṃ tādṛgeva bhavati ।
evaṃ munervijānata ātmā bhavati gautama ॥ 15॥

iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye prathamā vallī ॥

Part II
Canto II

puramekādaśadvāramajasyāvakracetasaḥ ।
anuṣṭhāya na śocati vimuktaśca vimucyate । etadvai tat ॥ 1॥

ham̐saḥ śuciṣadvasurāntarikṣasad-
hotā vediṣadatithirduroṇasat ।
nṛṣadvarasadṛtasadvyomasad
abjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtaṃ bṛhat ॥ 2॥

ūrdhvaṃ prāṇamunnayatyapānaṃ pratyagasyati ।
madhye vāmanamāsīnaṃ viśve devā upāsate ॥ 3॥

asya visraṃsamānasya śarīrasthasya dehinaḥ ।
dehādvimucyamānasya kimatra pariśiṣyate । etadvai tat ॥ 4॥

na prāṇena nāpānena martyo jīvati kaścana ।
itareṇa tu jīvanti yasminnetāvupāśritau ॥ 5॥

hanta ta idaṃ pravakṣyāmi guhyaṃ brahma sanātanam ।
yathā ca maraṇaṃ prāpya ātmā bhavati gautama ॥ 6॥

yonimanye prapadyante śarīratvāya dehinaḥ ।
sthāṇumanye'nusaṃyanti yathākarma yathāśrutam ॥ 7॥

ya eṣa supteṣu jāgarti kāmaṃ kāmaṃ puruṣo nirmimāṇaḥ ।
tadeva śukraṃ tadbrahma tadevāmṛtamucyate ।
tasmim̐llokāḥ śritāḥ sarve tadu nātyeti kaścana । etadvai tat ॥ 8॥

agniryathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo
rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva ।
ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā
rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo bahiśca ॥ 9॥

vāyuryathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo
rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva ।
ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā
rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo bahiśca ॥ 10॥

sūryo yathā sarvalokasya cakṣuḥ
na lipyate cākṣuṣairbāhyadoṣaiḥ ।
ekastathā sarvabhūtāntarātmā
na lipyate lokaduḥkhena bāhyaḥ ॥ 11॥

eko vaśī sarvabhūtāntarātmā
ekaṃ rūpaṃ bahudhā yaḥ karoti ।
tamātmasthaṃ ye'nupaśyanti dhīrāḥ
teṣāṃ sukhaṃ śāśvataṃ netareṣām ॥ 12॥

nityo'nityānāṃ cetanaścetanānām
eko bahūnāṃ yo vidadhāti kāmān ।
tamātmasthaṃ ye'nupaśyanti dhīrāḥ
teṣāṃ śāntiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām ॥ 13॥

tadetaditi manyante'nirdeśyaṃ paramaṃ sukham ।
kathaṃ nu tadvijānīyāṃ kimu bhāti vibhāti vā ॥ 14॥

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ
nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto'yamagniḥ ।
tameva bhāntamanubhāti sarvaṃ
tasya bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti ॥ 15॥

iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye dvitīyā vallī ॥

Part II
Canto III

ūrdhvamūlo'vākśākha eṣo'śvatthaḥ sanātanaḥ ।
tadeva śukraṃ tadbrahma tadevāmṛtamucyate ।
tasmim̐llokāḥ śritāḥ sarve tadu nātyeti kaścana । etadvai tat ॥ 1॥

yadidaṃ kiṃ ca jagat sarvaṃ prāṇa ejati niḥsṛtam ।
mahadbhayaṃ vajramudyataṃ ya etadviduramṛtāste bhavanti ॥ 2॥

bhayādasyāgnistapati bhayāttapati sūryaḥ ।
bhayādindraśca vāyuśca mṛtyurdhāvati pañcamaḥ ॥ 3॥

iha cedaśakadboddhuṃ prākṣarīrasya visrasaḥ ।
tataḥ sargeṣu lokeṣu śarīratvāya kalpate ॥ 4॥

yathā''darśe tathā''tmani yathā svapne tathā pitṛloke ।
yathā'psu parīva dadṛśe tathā gandharvaloke
chāyātapayoriva brahmaloke ॥ 5॥

indriyāṇāṃ pṛthagbhāvamudayāstamayau ca yat ।
pṛthagutpadyamānānāṃ matvā dhīro na śocati ॥ 6॥

indriyebhyaḥ paraṃ mano manasaḥ sattvamuttamam ।
sattvādadhi mahānātmā mahato'vyaktamuttamam ॥ 7॥

avyaktāttu paraḥ puruṣo vyāpako'liṅga eva ca ।
yaṃ jñātvā mucyate janturamṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati ॥ 8॥

na saṃdṛśe tiṣṭhati rūpamasya
na cakṣuṣā paśyati kaścanainam ।
hṛdā manīṣā manasā'bhiklṛpto
ya etadviduramṛtāste bhavanti ॥ 9॥

yadā pañcāvatiṣṭhante jñānāni manasā saha ।
buddhiśca na viceṣṭate tāmāhuḥ paramāṃ gatim ॥ 10॥

tāṃ yogamiti manyante sthirāmindriyadhāraṇām ।
apramattastadā bhavati yogo hi prabhavāpyayau ॥ 11॥

naiva vācā na manasā prāptuṃ śakyo na cakṣuṣā ।
astīti bruvato'nyatra kathaṃ tadupalabhyate ॥ 12॥

astītyevopalabdhavyastattvabhāvena cobhayoḥ ।
astītyevopalabdhasya tattvabhāvaḥ prasīdati ॥ 13॥

yadā sarve pramucyante kāmā ye'sya hṛdi śritāḥ ।
atha martyo'mṛto bhavatyatra brahma samaśnute ॥ 14॥

yadā sarve prabhidyante hṛdayasyeha granthayaḥ ।
atha martyo'mṛto bhavatyetāvaddhyanuśāsanam ॥ 15॥

śataṃ caikā ca hṛdayasya nāḍya-
stāsāṃ mūrdhānamabhiniḥsṛtaikā ।
tayordhvamāyannamṛtatvameti
viṣvaṅṅanyā utkramaṇe bhavanti ॥ 16॥

aṅguṣṭhamātraḥ puruṣo'ntarātmā
sadā janānāṃ hṛdaye saṃniviṣṭaḥ ।
taṃ svāccharīrātpravṛhenmuñjādiveṣīkāṃ dhairyeṇa ।
taṃ vidyācchukramamṛtaṃ taṃ vidyācchukramamṛtamiti ॥ 17॥

mṛtyuproktāṃ naciketo'tha labdhvā
vidyāmetāṃ yogavidhiṃ ca kṛtsnam ।
brahmaprāpto virajo'bhūdvimṛtyu-
ranyo'pyevaṃ yo vidadhyātmameva ॥ 18॥

saha nāvavatu । saha nau bhunaktu । saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai ।
tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai ॥ 19॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye tṛtīyā vallī ॥

oṃ saha nāvavatu । saha nau bhunaktu । sahavīryaṃ karavāvahai ।
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu । mā vidviṣāvahai ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

oṃ tat sat ॥