Katha:2.1.11
Mantra 2.1.11
Original Text:
मनसैवेदमाप्तव्यन्नेह नानास्ति किंचन । मृत्योः स मृत्युं गच्छति य इह नानेव पश्यति ॥ ११ ॥
manasaivedamāptavyanneha nānāsti kiṃcana | mṛtyoḥ sa mṛtyuṃ gacchati ya iha nāneva paśyati || 11 ||
| Sanskrit Term | Transliteration | Hindi Meaning | English Word or Meaning | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| मनसा | manasā | मन के द्वारा – चित्त या अंतःकरण के माध्यम से | by the mind – through the internal organ | |
| एव | eva | ही – केवल, विशेष रूप से | alone – only, exclusively | |
| इदम् | idam | यह – यह वस्तु, यह तत्त्व | this – this entity, this reality | |
| आप्तव्यं | āptavyam | प्राप्त किया जाना चाहिए – जिसे उपलब्ध करना है | to be attained – that which is to be realized | |
| न | na | नहीं – अभाव, निषेध | not – negation, absence | |
| इह | iha | यहाँ – इस संसार में, इस तत्त्व में | here – in this (reality), in this world | |
| नाना | nānā | भिन्नता – विभिन्नता, अनेकता | difference – multiplicity, diversity | |
| अस्ति | asti | है – अस्तित्व रखता है | exists – is present | |
| किंचन | kiñcana | कुछ भी – कोई भी वस्तु | anything – whatsoever | |
| मृत्युः | mṛtyuḥ | मृत्यु – मृत्यु का स्वरूप | death – the state of death | |
| सः | saḥ | वह – वह व्यक्ति | he – that person | |
| मृत्युम् | mṛtyum | मृत्यु को – मृत्यु की अवस्था को | death – state of death | |
| गच्छति | gacchati | जाता है – प्राप्त करता है | goes – attains, reaches | |
| यः | yaḥ | जो – जो व्यक्ति | who – whoever | |
| इह | iha | यहाँ – इस संसार में, इस तत्त्व में | here – in this (reality), in this world | |
| नाना | nānā | भिन्नता – विभिन्नता, अनेकता | difference – multiplicity, diversity | |
| एव | eva | ही – केवल, विशेष रूप से | alone – only, exclusively | |
| पश्यति | paśyati | देखता है – अनुभव करता है | sees – perceives, experiences |
Translation/Explanation
Hindi: केवल मन के द्वारा ही इस तत्त्व को प्राप्त किया जा सकता है; यहाँ (ब्रह्मन् में) कोई भी भिन्नता नहीं है। जो यहाँ भिन्नता के रूप में देखता है, वह मृत्यु से मृत्यु की ओर जाता है।
English: By the manas alone can this reality be attained; there is no nānā (difference) here at all. He who perceives nānā (difference) here goes from mṛtyu (death) to mṛtyu (death).
Commentary
Before attaining the knowledge of the oneness, by the manas purified by the śāstras and by the preceptor, this unalloyed essence of the brahman should be attained in the form ‘There is brahman alone, nothing else exists.’ When attained, ignorance, the cause of the perception of nānā (difference) being removed, there is not even the slightest difference here, i.e., in the brahman. But he who does not give up the perception of nānā (difference) continues in the cycle of mṛtyu (death).