Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.7-2

2.7-2

kuśalena nipuṇena ācāryeṇa, anuśiṣṭaḥ - samupadiṣṭaḥ, paramātmatattvasya jñātā'pi āścarya eva, virala eva nipuṇatamagurūpadiṣṭo'pi yāthārthyena paramātmatattvajñātā bhavati ityarthaḥ | asya labdhā - api, āścaryaḥ - nipuṇatamagurūpadeśasāmarthyāvagataparamātmayāthārthyeṣvapi virala eva upāyānuṣṭhānataḥ asya prāptikartā iti sarvato'sya daurlabhyāt āścaryakaratvamiti bhāvaḥ |
su. - śreyasi yatamānānāṃ sarveṣāmeva, tat paramātmasvarūpaṃ, na sulabham ityāha - śravaṇāyāpi iti | yaḥ - paramātmā, śravaṇāyāpi - śrotumapi, bahubhiḥ na labhyaḥ - bahūnāṃ tacchravaṇamapi durlabham | śṛṇvanto bahavaḥ yaṃ na vidyuḥ - yāthātathyena tatsvarūpaṃ na jānīyuḥ | asya - evambhūtasya asya kuśalo vaktā āścaryaḥ - marubhūmiṣu jalāśayavat1 kaścideva tādṛśaḥ iti yāvat | kuśalena guruṇā'nuśiṣṭo jñātā'pi āścaryaḥ | tathā kuśalo labdhā 'pi āścaryaḥ | gurumukhato'dhigatātmayāthārthyaḥ paścāt upāyādyanuṣṭhānena asya labdhā tu kaścit eva ityarthaḥ | uttarottaraṃ viralatvam abhipretam ||