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Kaṭha Upaniṣad 256

Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya 256

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sā hṛnmanīṭ kathaṃ prāpyata iti tad artho yoga ucyate -- yadā yasmin kāle svaviṣayebhyo nivartitānyātmany eva pañca jñānāni / jñānārthatvāc chrotrādīnīndriyāṇi jñānāny ucyante / avatiṣṭhante saha manasā yad anugatāni, tena saṃkalpādivyāvṛttenāntaḥkaraṇena / buddhiś cādhyavasāyalakṣaṇā na viceṣṭati svavyāpāreṣu na viceṣṭate na vyāpriyate, tām āhuḥ paramā 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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