Katha:1.3.9

Mantra 1.3.9

Original Text:

विज्ञानसारथिर्यस्तु मनःप्रग्रहवान्नरः ।
	सोऽध्वनः पारमाप्नोति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥ ९ ॥

vijñānasārathiryastu manaḥpragrahavānnaraḥ |
	so’dhvanaḥ pāramāpnoti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam || 9 ||

Sanskrit Term	Transliteration	Hindi Meaning	English Word or Meaning	Comments
विज्ञानसारथि:	vijñāna-sārathiḥ	जिसके पास विवेकशील बुद्धि रथ का सारथि है	one whose charioteer is discriminative intellect
य: तु	yaḥ tu	लेकिन जो व्यक्ति	but who
मन:प्रग्रहवान्	manaḥ-pragrahavān	जिसका मन वश में है (मन नियंत्रण में है)	whose mind is under control (having mind as the reins)
नर:	naraḥ	मनुष्य	human being
स:	saḥ	वह	he
अध्वन:	adhvanaḥ	मार्ग का	of the path (of the journey)
पारम्	pāram	पार, अंत	the end, the farthest shore
आप्नोति	āpnoti	प्राप्त करता है	attains, reaches
तत्	tat	वह	that
विष्णो:	viṣṇoḥ	सर्वव्यापी ब्रह्म का	of Viṣṇu (the all-pervading)
परमम्	paramam	सर्वोच्च, परम	supreme, highest
पदम्	padam	स्थिति, लक्ष्य	state, goal

Translation/Explanation

Hindi: जिस मनुष्य की विवेकयुक्त बुद्धि रथ का सारथि है और जिसका मन नियंत्रण में है, वह इस जीवन-मार्ग के पार चला जाता है, अर्थात् वह विष्णु के उस परम पद को प्राप्त करता है।

English: The human being whose charioteer is vijñāna (discriminative intellect) and whose mind is under control as the reins, attains the end of the journey, that is, the supreme padam (goal) of Viṣṇu—the all-pervading Brahman.

Commentary

What that goal is, is now explained; but the man who has vijñāna (discerning intelligence) for the driver, whose mind is under control, and who is clean, i.e., the knowing man reaches the end of the road of saṃsāra, i.e., realises the Supreme; i.e., is absolved from all the ties of saṃsāra. The man of knowledge attains the highest padam (place) of Viṣṇu, i.e., the nature of the all-pervading Brahman, the Paramātman known as Vāsudeva (the Self-luminous).

Concept List

vijñāna-sārathiḥ
manaḥ-pragrahavān
adhvanaḥ pāram
Viṣṇoḥ paramam padam
saṃsāra
Brahman
Paramātman
Vāsudeva