Library·Samkara (attrib.): Kathopanisadbhasya·1·1.2·1.2.16

Samkara (attrib.): Kathopanisadbhasya 1.2.16

KaUBh 1.2.16

एतद् ध्य् एवाक्षरं ब्रह्म एतद् ध्य् एवाक्षरं परम् । एतद् ध्य् एवाक्षरं ज्ञात्वा यो यद् इच्छति तस्य तत् ॥ अत एतद् ध्य् एवाक्षरं ब्रह्मापरम् एतद् ध्य् एवाक्षरं परं च । तयोर् हि प्रतीकम् एतद् अक्षरम् । एतद् ध्य् एवाक्षरं ज्ञात्वोपास्य ब्रह्मेति, यो यद् इच्छति परमपरं वा तस्य तद् भवति । परं चेज् ज्ञातव्यम् अपरं चेत् प्राप्तव्यम् ॥ कउभ्_२।१६।१,२।१६ ॥

etad dhy evākṣaraṃ brahma etad dhy evākṣaraṃ param / etad dhy evākṣaraṃ jñātvā yo yad icchati tasya tat // ata etad dhy evākṣaraṃ brahmāparam etad dhy evākṣaraṃ paraṃ ca / tayor hi pratīkam etad akṣaram / etad dhy evākṣaraṃ jñātvopāsya brahmeti, yo yad icchati paramaparaṃ vā tasya tad bhavati / paraṃ cej jñātavyam aparaṃ cet prāptavyam // KaUBh_2.16/1,2.16 //

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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GRETIL 6_sastra/3_phil/vedanta/samkaubh_u.htm — Each unit is one Upaniṣad verse followed by the commentary on it; ref = adhyāya.vallī.verse, as the Kaṭha is cited here.

GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST.

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