Katha:1.2.14

Mantra 1.2.14

Original Text:

अन्यत्र धर्मादन्यत्राधर्मादन्यत्रास्मात्कृताकृतात् ।
	अन्यत्र भूताच्च भव्याच्च यत्तत्पश्यसि तद्वद ॥ १४ ॥

anyatra dharmādanyatrādharmādanyatrāsmātkṛtākṛtāt |
	anyatra bhūtācca bhavyācca yattatpaśyasi tadvada || 14 ||

Sanskrit Term	Transliteration	Hindi Meaning	English Word or Meaning	Comments
अन्यत्र	anyatra	किसी अन्य से भिन्न	other than / different from
धर्मात्	dharmāt	धार्मिक कर्तव्यों से	from dharma (virtuous acts as per śāstra)
अन्यत्र	anyatra	किसी अन्य से भिन्न	other than / different from
अधर्मात्	adharmāt	अधार्मिक कर्मों से	from adharma (non-virtuous acts, prohibited by śāstra)
अन्यत्र	anyatra	किसी अन्य से भिन्न	other than / different from
अस्मात्	asmāt	इससे (इससे)	from this
कृताकृतात्	kṛtākṛtāt	किए गए और न किए गए कर्मों से	from kṛta-akṛta (that which is produced and unproduced; effect and cause)
अन्यत्र	anyatra	किसी अन्य से भिन्न	other than / different from
भूतात्	bhūtāt	भूतकाल से	from bhūta (the past)
च	ca	और	and
भव्यात्	bhavyāt	भविष्य से	from bhavya (the future)
च	ca	और	and
यत्	yat	जो	that which
तत्	tat	वह	that
पश्यसि	paśyasi	देखता है / जानता है	you see / perceive
तत्	tat	वह	that
वद	vada	बताओ	tell / speak

Translation/Explanation

Hindi: जो कुछ भी धर्म और अधर्म से भिन्न है, जो कृत (किए गए) और अकर्त (न किए गए) से भिन्न है, जो भूत (भूतकाल) और भविष्य (भविष्यकाल) से भिन्न है—यदि आप ऐसा कुछ देखते हैं, तो मुझे वह बताइए। यहाँ नचिकेता यम से उस तत्त्व के बारे में पूछता है जो सभी कर्मों, उनके फल, कारण-कार्य संबंध, और समय (भूत, भविष्य, वर्तमान) से परे है। वह उस आत्मा या ब्रह्म-तत्त्व की जानकारी चाहता है, जो समस्त लौकिक अनुभवों से परे, शुद्ध और अपरिवर्तनीय है।

English: What you perceive as distinct from dharma and adharma, as distinct from kṛta (effect) and akṛta (cause), as distinct from bhūta (the past) and bhavya (the future)—tell me that. Here, Naciketā asks Yama about that Reality which is beyond all actions, their results, the relation of cause and effect, and beyond time (past, future, and present). He seeks knowledge of that Ātman or Brahman which transcends all worldly experience, is pure, and unchanging.

Commentary

If I am worthy, and you are, O Bhagavan, pleased with me: other than virtue, i.e., different from the performance of acts enjoined by the śāstra, their fruits and their requisites and similarly from vice; other than what is made, i.e., effect; and what is not made, i.e., cause; and again other than the past, i.e., time gone by; and the future, i.e., time yet to come; and similarly the present, i.e., what is not conditioned by time (past, present and future); if you see or know anything like this, beyond the reach of all worldly experience, tell me that.

Concept List

dharma
adharma
kṛta-akṛta
bhūta
bhavya
ātman
brahman
kāla
naciketā
yama