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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 255

Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya 255

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.255)

yadā pañcāvatiṣṭhante jñānāni manasā saha /  
buddhiś ca na viceṣṭati tām āhuḥ paramāṃ gatim ///2,3.10 //

> When the five organs of perception become still, together with the mind, and the intellect ceases to be active: that is called the highest state.  
> — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary

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## Translations (2)

- [The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-sitaramasastri.2.3.10.p1) — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English
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