Katha:2.2.4

Mantra 2.2.4

Original Text:

अस्य विस्रंसमानस्य शरीरस्थस्य देहिनः ।
	देहाद्विमुच्यमानस्य किमत्र परिशिष्यते । एतद्वैतत् ॥ ४ ॥

asya visraṃsamānasya śarīrasthasya dehinaḥ |
	dehādvimucyamānasya kimatra pariśiṣyate | etadvaitat || 4 ||

Word-by-Word Breakdown

Sanskrit Term	Transliteration	Hindi Meaning	English Word or Meaning	Comments
अस्य	asya	इस – इस आत्मा का	of this (ātman)		विस्रंसमानस्य	visraṁsamānasya	निकलते हुए – जो शरीर से निकल रहा है	escaping (from the body)		शरीरस्थस्य	śarīrasthasya	शरीर में स्थित – जो शरीर में स्थित है	abiding in the body		देहिनः	dehinaḥ	embodied one – शरीरधारी	embodied being (ātman)		देहात्	dehāt	शरीर से – शरीर से बाहर	from the body		विमुच्यमानस्य	vimucyamānasya	मुक्त होते हुए – जो शरीर से मुक्त हो रहा है	being released (from the body)		किम्	kim	क्या – कौन सी वस्तु	what		अत्र	atra	यहाँ – इस शरीर में	here (in this body)		परिशिष्यते	pariśiṣyate	शेष रहता है – बचता है	remains		एतत्	etat	यह – यह तत्त्व	this		एतत्	etat	यही – यही तत्त्व	this (verily)

Translation/Explanation

Hindi: जब यह आत्मा, जो शरीर में स्थित है, शरीर से निकल जाती है, तब यहाँ (शरीर में) क्या शेष रह जाता है? यही वह (तत्त्व) है।

English: When this ātman, abiding in the body, escapes from the body, what here (in this body) remains? This verily is that (etad vai tat).

Commentary

Again, of this ātman in the body, visraṁsamānasya (escaping); dehinaḥ (embodied). The meaning of the word visraṁsamāna is explained by the expression dehāt vimucyamānasya (being freed from the body); what here remains? Nothing of the whole lot of prāṇa, etc., remains. Here (in the body); the ātman, on whose leaving the body, all this collection of effects and causes becomes in an instant enervated, destroyed, and defunct, as in the case of the inhabitants of a city when the lord of the city is driven out of it, has been established to be some other than all this.

Concept List

ātman
dehin
śarīra
prāṇa
dehāt vimucyamāna
etad vai tat