Katha:1.3.8

Mantra 1.3.8

Original Text:

यस्तु विज्ञानवान्भवति समनस्कः सदा शुचिः ।
	स तु तत्पदमाप्नोति यस्माद्भूयो न जायते ॥ ८ ॥

yastu vijñānavānbhavati samanaskaḥ sadā śuciḥ |
	sa tu tatpadamāpnoti yasmādbhūyo na jāyate || 8 ||

Word-by-Word Breakdown

Sanskrit Term	Transliteration	Hindi Meaning	English Word or Meaning	Comments
यः	yaḥ	जो – जो व्यक्ति	who (relative pronoun)
तु	tu	परन्तु – लेकिन	but (contrastive particle)
विज्ञानवान्	vijñānavān	विवेकशील – जिसे विवेक या ज्ञान है	one possessing vijñāna (discriminative knowledge)
भवति	bhavati	होता है – अस्तित्व में आता है	becomes, is
समनस्कः	samanaskaḥ	मन को संयमित रखने वाला – जिसका मन सदा नियंत्रण में है	one whose mind (manas) is always controlled
सदा	sadā	हमेशा – हर समय	always
शुचिः	śuciḥ	शुद्ध – पवित्र	pure, clean
सः	saḥ	वह – वह व्यक्ति	he
तु	tu	ही – वास्तव में	indeed, verily
तत् पदम्	tat padam	वह परम लक्ष्य – परम अवस्था	that ultimate padam (goal, state)
आप्नोति	āpnoti	प्राप्त करता है – पहुँचता है	attains, reaches
यस्मात्	yasmāt	जिससे – जिस कारण	from which
भूयः	bhūyaḥ	फिर – दोबारा	again
न	na	नहीं – नकार	not
जायते	jāyate	जन्म लेता है – उत्पन्न होता है	is born, comes into existence

Translation/Explanation

Hindi

जो व्यक्ति विवेक (विज्ञान) से युक्त है, जिसका मन सदा नियंत्रण में है और जो सदा शुद्ध रहता है, वह उस परम लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करता है, जहाँ से फिर जन्म नहीं होता।

English

He, who is endowed with vijñāna (discriminative knowledge), whose manas (mind) is always controlled, and who remains ever pure (śuciḥ), attains that ultimate padam (goal) from which he is not born again.

Commentary

But the second, i.e., the lord of the chariot who has a discriminating intellect as his driver, i.e., the knowing man, having his manas under control and being, therefore, always śuciḥ, reaches that padam from which, never falling, he is not born again in saṃsāra.

Concept List

vijñānavān
samanaskaḥ
śuciḥ
tat padam
saṃsāra