Kaṭha Upaniṣad 6.2-3
Kaṭhopaniṣad 6.2-3
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.2
yad idaṃ kiṃca jagat sarvaṃ prāṇa ejati niḥsṛtam /
mahad bhayaṃ vajram udyataṃ ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti //
2. This whole world, whatever there is,
Was created from and moves in Life (prāṇa).
The great fear, the upraised thunderbolt—
They who know That, become immortal.
3. From fear of Him fire (Agni) doth burn.
From fear the sun (Sūrya) gives forth heat.
From fear both Indra and Wind (Vāyu),
And Death (Mṛityu) as fifth, do speed along.
6.3
bhayād asyāgnis tapati bhayāt tapati sūryaḥ /
bhayād indraś ca vāyuś ca mṛtyur dhāvati pañcamaḥ //
Translations (1)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (3)
- Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- With Śaṅkara's bhāṣya (Sansknet input) — Sanskrit
- Alaṅkāramaṇihāra — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit
- Sūtasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Viṣayavākyadīpikā — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit