Kaṭha Upaniṣad 252

252

avyaktāt tu paraḥ puruṣo vyāpako, vyāpakasyāpy ākāśādeḥ sarvasya kāraṇatvād aliṅgo liṅgyate gamyate yena tal liṅgaṃ budhyādi, tad avidyamānaṃ yasya so 'yam aliṅga eva ca / sarvasaṃsāradharmavarjita ity etat / yaṃ jñātvācāryataḥ śāstrataś ca mucyate jantur avidyādihṛdayagranthibhir jīvann eva, patite 'pi śarīre 'mṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati / so 'liṅgaḥ paro 'vyaktāt puruṣa iti pūrveṇaiva sambandhaḥ ///2,3.8 //

Shankara’s Commentary:
Com.—Beyond the Avyaktam is Purusha all-pervad-ing, being the cause of all akasa, etc., which is all-pervading. Devoid of linga ] that by which anything is reached (known) is linga such as intellect, etc. That does not exist in him; so he is devoid of linga. The meaning in effect is devoid of all the attributes of samsara. Him knowing, both from the preceptor and the sastras, the mortal, even during life, is freed from the knots of the heart, such as ignorance, etc., and even when the body falls, attains immortality. This clause is connected with the previous one thus. He is the Purusha beyond the Avyaktam, etc.