[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha) › [Sandhi-resolved (padapāṭha-style) version](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) › 2.3 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3 Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.1) ūrdhva-mūlaḥ~ avāk-śākhaḥ~ eṣaḥ~ aśvatthaḥ sanātanaḥ~ tad eva śukram~ tad brahma tad eva~ amṛtam ucyate tasmin~ lokāḥ~ śritāḥ sarve tad u na~ ati~-eti kaḥ~-cana etad vai tad~ ### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.2) yad idam~ kim~-ca jagat sarvam~ prāṇe~ ejati niḥ~-sṛtam mahad bhayam~ vajram udyatam~ ye~ etad vidur amṛtāḥ~ te bhavanti ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.3) bhayād asya~ agniḥ~ tapati bhayād~ tapati sūryaḥ~ bhayād indraḥ~ ca vāyuḥ~ ca mṛtyuḥ~ dhāvati pañcamaḥ~ ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.4) iha ced aśakat~ boddhum~ prāk śarīrasya visrasas tataḥ sargeṣu lokeṣu śarīratvāya kalpate ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.5) yathā~ ādarśe tathā~ ātmani yathā svapne tathā pitṛ-loke yathā~ apsu pari~ iva dadṛśe tathā gandharva-loke chāyā-tapayoḥ~ iva brahma-loke ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.6) indriyāṇām~ pṛthag-bhāvam udaya~-astamayau ca yad~ pṛthak~ ut-padyamānānām~ matvā dhīraḥ~ na śocati ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.7) indriyebhyaḥ param~ manaḥ~ manasaḥ sattvam uttamam sattvād adhi mahān ātmā mahataḥ~ avyaktam uttamam ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.8) avyaktād~ tu paraḥ puruṣaḥ~ vyāpakaḥ~ aliṅgaḥ~ eva ca yam~ jñātvā mucyate jantuḥ~ amṛtatvam~ ca gacchati ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.9) na saṃdṛśe tiṣṭhati rūpam asya na cakṣuṣā paśyati kaḥ~-cana~ enam hṛdā manīṣā manasā~ abhi-kḷptaḥ~ ye~ etad vidur amṛtāḥ~ te bhavanti ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.10) yadā pañca~ ava-tiṣṭhante jñānāni manasā saha buddhiḥ~ ca na vi-ceṣṭate tām āhur~ paramām~ gatim ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.11) tām~ yogam iti manyante sthirām indriya-dhāraṇām apramattaḥ~ tadā bhavati yogaḥ~ hi prabhava~-apyayau ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.12) na~ eva vācā na manasā pra~-āptum~ śakyaḥ~ na cakṣuṣā asti~ iti bruvataḥ~ anyatra katham~ tad upa-labhyate ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.13) asti~ iti eva~ upa-labdhavyaḥ~ tattva-bhāvena ca~ ubhayoḥ~ asti~ iti~ eva~ upa-labdhasya tattva-bhāvaḥ pra-sīdati ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.14) yadā sarve pra-mucyante kāmā ye ~asya hṛdi śritāḥ~ atha martyaḥ~ amṛtaḥ~ bhavati~ atra brahma sam-aśnute ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.15) yathā sarve pra-bhidyante hṛdayasya~ iha granthayaḥ~ atha martyaḥ~ amṛtaḥ~ bhavati~ etāvad anuśāsanam ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.16) śatam~ ca~ ekā ca hṛdayasya nāḍyaḥ~ tāsām~ mūrdhānam abhi-niḥ~-sṛtā~ ekā tayā~ ūrdhvam ā-yan~ amṛtatvam eti viṣvaṅ~ anyā utkramaṇe bhavanti ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.17) aṅguṣṭha-mātraḥ puruṣaḥ~ antar-ātmā sadā janānām~ hṛdaye sam-ni-viṣṭaḥ~ tam~ svād~ śarīrād~ pravṛhet~ muñjād iva~ iṣīkām~ dhairyeṇa tam~ vidyāt~ śukram amṛtam~ tam~ vidyāt~ śukram amṛtam iti ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3.18) mṛtyu-proktām~ naciketaḥ~ atha labdhvā vidyām etām~ yoga-vidhiṃ ca kṛtsnam brahma-prāptaḥ~ virajaḥ~ abhūt~ vimṛtyuḥ~ anyaḥ~ api~ evaṃ yaḥ~ vid adhyātmam eva --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3) · Pramāṇa