Kaṭha Upaniṣad 145

145

kiṃ tatpadam ity āha vijñānasārathir yas tu yo vivekabuddhisārathiḥ pūrvokto manaḥpragrahavān pragṛhītamanāḥ samāhitacittaḥ sañ śucir naro vidvān so 'dhvanaḥ saṃsāragateḥ pāraṃ param evādhigantavyam ity etad āpnoti mucyate sarvasaṃsārabandhanaiḥ / tad viṣṇor vyāpanaśīlasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmano vāsudevākhyasya paramaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ padaṃ sthānam, satattvaṃ ity etad yad asāv āpnoti vidvān ///1,3.9 //

Shankara’s Commentary:
Com.—What that goal is, is now explained; but the man who has discerning intelligence for the driver, whose mind is under control, and who is clean, i.e., the knowing man reaches the end of the road of Samsara, i.e., realises the Supreme; i.e., is absolved from all the ties of Samsara. The man of knowledge attains 1 the highest place of Vishnu, i.e., the nature of the all-pervading Brahman, the Paramatman known as Vasudeva (the Self-luminous).