Library·Samkara (attrib.): Kathopanisadbhasya·1·1.3·1.3.16

Samkara (attrib.): Kathopanisadbhasya 1.3.16

KaUBh 1.3.16

नाचिकेतम् उपाख्यानं मृत्युप्रोक्तं सनातनम् । उक्त्वा श्रुत्वा च मेधावी ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥ प्रस्तुतविज्ञानस्तुत्यर्थम् आह श्रुतिः -- नाचिकेतं नचिकेतसा प्राप्तं नाचिकेतं मृत्युना प्रोक्तं मृत्युप्रोक्तम् इदम् आख्यानम् उपाख्यानं वल्लीत्रयलक्षणं सनातनं चिरन्तनं वैदिकत्वाद् उक्त्वा ब्राह्मणेभ्यः श्रुत्वा चाचार्येभ्यो मेधावी ब्रह्मैव लोको ब्रह्मलोकस् तस्मिन् ब्रह्मलोके महीयत आत्मभूत उपास्यो भवतीत्य् अर्थः ॥ कउभ्_३।१६।१,३।१६ ॥

nāciketam upākhyānaṃ mṛtyuproktaṃ sanātanam / uktvā śrutvā ca medhāvī brahmaloke mahīyate // prastutavijñānastutyartham āha śrutiḥ -- nāciketaṃ naciketasā prāptaṃ nāciketaṃ mṛtyunā proktaṃ mṛtyuproktam idam ākhyānam upākhyānaṃ vallītrayalakṣaṇaṃ sanātanaṃ cirantanaṃ vaidikatvād uktvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śrutvā cācāryebhyo medhāvī brahmaiva loko brahmalokas tasmin brahmaloke mahīyata ātmabhūta upāsyo bhavatīty arthaḥ // KaUBh_3.16/1,3.16 //

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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