[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) › [Kathaprakashika (Rangaramanuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja) › 5.15.p14 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 5.15.p14 Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) 5.15.p14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.15.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.15.p14) vidyuto'pi na prakāśante tasmin prakāśamāne; tāsāmapi tattejo'bhibhavādeva ityarthaḥ | ayamagniḥ alpīyodīptimattayā asmābhiḥ anubhūyamānastu kuto bhūyāt | brahmaṇi bhāsamāne naiva kathamapi bhūyāt ityarthaḥ | tameva - paramātmānameva sarvāntarvartinaṃ, bhāntam - bhāsamānam, anu - paścād, bhāti - prakāśate, sarvaṃ sūryādikam | tasyaiva - brahmaṇa eva, bhāsā - yācitakamaṇḍananyāyena1 brahmaṇaḥ sakāśāt prāptabrahmasambandhinyā bhāsā dīptyā, sarvamidam - sūryacandrādikaṃ, vibhāti - vispaṣṭaṃ prakāśate | yadvā tasyaiva bhāsā - sūryādigatayā sarvamidaṃ jagat ghaṭapaṭādikaṃ, bhāti - prakāśitaśarīraṃ bhavati | sūryādiṣu vartamānā dīptiḥ teṣāṃ svakīyā na; kintu paramātmadattaiva | tathā ca sūryādayaḥ idaṃ sarvaṃ prakāśayanti ityarthaḥ | etena paramātmanaḥ prakāśāśrayatvapratipādanāt, rūpādimattvaṃ ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt (śve.u. 3-8) ityātiśrutiṣu tu prasiddhameva | ata ‘rūpādivihīnatvāt mādṛśajanagrahaṇānarham’ iti śaṃkā na kāryā tvayā | rūpādiviśiṣṭaśca | paramātmā bhāti vibhāti ca, ata ‘vibhāti na vā’? iti saṃśayo'pi na kāryaḥ ityevaṃ śiṣyapraśnasyottaraṃ dattaṃ yameneti bhāvaḥ | paramātmanaḥ rūpavattve samupaṃhaṇam ācāryavacanamapi udāhāryaṃ tadyathāha ca jagadguruśrīrāmeśvarānandācāryaḥ śrīrāmaprāptipaddhatau - - [Previous: 5.15.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.15.p13) - [Next: 5.15-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.15-2) - [Up: 5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.15) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.15.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.15.p14) · Pramāṇa