Katha Upanishad 185

185

kiñ ca -- yataś ca yasmāt prāṇād udety uttiṣṭhati sūryo 'staṃ nimlocanaṃ yatra yasminn eva ca prāṇo 'hanyahani gacchati, taṃ prāṇam ātmānaṃ devāḥ, sarva agnyādayo 'dhidaivaṃ vāgādayaś cādhyātmaṃ sarve viśve 'rā iva rathanābhāv arpitāḥ sampraveśitāḥ sthitikāle / so 'pi brahmaiva / tad etat sarvātmakaṃ brahma / tad u nātyeti nātītya tadātmakatāṃ tadanyatvaṃ gacchati kaścana kaścid api / etad vai tat ///2,1.9 //

Moreover, yataḥ ca, that from which—from which Prāṇa (i.e. Hiraṇyagarbha); udeti, rises; sūryaḥ, the sun; yatra, where, in which Prāṇa itself; astam gacchati, sets—day after day; tam, on that—on the Prāṇa which is the Self; sarve devāḥ, all the gods—Fire etc., in the divine context, and speech etc., in the personal context; arpitāḥ, are fixed—like spokes on the nave of a chariot wheel—during the period of existence (of the universe). He (that Prāṇa), too, is Brahman. This is that all-pervading Brahman. Tat u, that indeed; na kaḥ cana, nobody—whosoever; atyeti, transcends—ceasing to be identified with It becomes something other than that. This is that.

Moreover, yataḥ ca, that from which—from which Prāṇa (i.e. Hiraṇyagarbha); udeti, rises; sūryaḥ, the sun; yatra, where, in which Prāṇa itself; astam gacchati, sets—day after day; tam, on that—on the Prāṇa which is the Self; sarve devāḥ, all the gods—Fire etc., in the divine context, and speech etc., in the personal context; arpitāḥ, are fixed—like spokes on the nave of a chariot wheel—during the period of existence (of the universe). He (that Prāṇa), too, is Brahman. This is that all-pervading Brahman. Tat u, that indeed; na kaḥ cana, nobody—whosoever; atyeti, transcends—ceasing to be identified with It becomes something other than that. This is that.