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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.1)

puram ekādaśa-dvāram ajasya~ avakra-cetasaḥ~ anu-ṣṭhāya  
na śocati  
vi-muktaḥ~ ca vi-mucyate  
etad vai tad~

### [2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.2)

ham̐saḥ~ śuci-~sad vasuḥ~ āntarikṣa-sad  
hotā vedi-~sad atithiḥ~ duroṇa-sad~  
nṛ-~sad vara-sad ṛta-sad vyoma-sad  
ab-jāḥ~ go-jāḥ~ ṛta-jāḥ~ adri-jāḥ~ ṛtam~ bṛhat

### [2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.3)

ūrdhvam~ prāṇam ud~-nayati~  
apānam~ pratyak~ asyati  
madhye vāmanam āsīnam~ viśve devāḥ~ upa~-āsate

### [2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.4)

asya vi-sram̐samānasya śarīra-sthasya dehinaḥ~  
dehād vi-mucyamānasya  
kim atra pari-śiṣyate  
etad vai tad~

### [2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.5)

na prāṇena na~ apānena martyaḥ~ jīvati kaḥ~-cana  
itareṇa tu jīvanti  
yasmin~ etau~ upa~-ā-śritau

### [2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.6)

hanta te~ idam~ pra-vakṣyāmi guhyam~ brahma sanātanam  
yathā ca maraṇam~ pra-~āpya ātmā bhavati gautama

### [2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.7)

yonim anye pra-padyante śarīratvāya dehinaḥ~  
sthāṇum anye ~anu-sam~-yanti  
yathā karma yathā śrutam

### [2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.8)

yaḥ~ eṣa supteṣu jāgarti kāmam~ kāmam~ puruṣaḥ~ nir-mimāṇas  
tad eva śukram~ tad brahma tad eva~ amṛtam ucyate  
tasmin~ lokāḥ~ śritāḥ sarve  
tad u na~ ati~-eti kaḥ~-cana  
etad vai tad~

### [2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.9)

agniḥ~ yathā~ ekaḥ~ bhuvanam~ pra-viṣṭaḥ~  
rūpam~ rūpam~ prati-rūpaḥ~ babhūva  
ekaḥ~ tathā sarvabhūtāntar ātmā  
rūpam~ rūpam~ prati-rūpaḥ~ bahiḥ~ ca

### [2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.10)

vāyuḥ~ yathā~ eko bhuvanam~ pra-viṣṭaḥ~  
rūpam~ rūpam~ prati-rūpaḥ~ babhūva~  
ekaḥ~ tathā sarvabhūtāntar ātmā  
rūpam~ rūpam~ prati-rūpaḥ~ bahiḥ~ ca

### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.11)

sūryaḥ~ yathā sarva-lokasya cakṣuḥ~  
na lipyate cākṣuṣaiḥ~ bāhya-doṣaiḥ~  
ekaḥ~ tathā sarvabhūtāntar ātma  
na lipyate loka-duḥkhena bāhyaḥ~

### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.12)

ekaḥ~ vaśī sarvabhūtāntar ātmā  
ekam~ rūpam~ bahudhā yaḥ~ karoti  
tam ātma-stham~ ye ~anu-paśyanti dhīrāḥ~  
teṣām~ sukham~ śāśvatam~ na~ itareṣām

### [2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.13)

nityaḥ~ anityānām~  
cetanaḥ~ cetanānām~  
ekas bahūnām~ yaḥ~ vi-dadhāti kāmān  
tam ātma-stham~ ye ~anu-paśyanti dhīrāḥ~  
teṣām~ śāntiḥ~ śāśvatī na~ itareṣām

### [2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.14)

tad etad iti manyante ~anirdeśyam~ paramam~ sukham  
katham~ nu tad vijānīyāṃ  
kim u bhāti vi-bhāti vā

### [2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2.15)

na tatra sūryaḥ~ bhāti na candra-tārakam~  
na~ imāḥ~ vidyutaḥ~ bhānti  
kutaḥ~ ayam agniḥ~  
tam eva bhāntam anu-bhāti sarvam~  
tasya bhāsā sarvam idam~ vi-bhāti

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