KATHOUPANISHAD - 66. Swami Advayananda.

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Thursday 03, October 2024, 06:10.
KATHOPANISHAD
Chapter 1.3:   
17 Mantras:  THE JOURNEY AHEAD
THE GLORY OF THIS JOURNEY
Mantram - 1.3.17: Auspicious Recitation of this Knowledge 
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Mantram - 1.3.17: Auspicious Recitation of this Knowledge: 

1 

Yah imam paramam guhyam =Should anyone get this highest secret   

2 

shraavayet brahma sam-sadi; = recited before an assembly of Brahmanas; 

3 

prayatah shraaddha kaale vaa = or at the time of the purificatory rites for the dead, 

4a 

tadaa anantyaaya kalpate; = then the recital becomes conducive to eternal fruit; 

4b 

tadaa anantyaaya kalpate iti. = indeed, it becomes conducive to eternal fruit! 

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 Special credit is given in this last verse of Part 1 to the active field worker who 

assists in organizing assemblies of hearers of this knowledge. 2 The recition of this text 

before an assembly of Brahmanas (i.e. spiritual aspirants seeking the Immortal Truth), or 3 

its recitation at a funeral ceremony is especially blessed by Lord Yama. 4 Such recitation 

programmes are said to take all the people involved with it towards the ultimate Goal – 

eternal union with Brahman.  

At present, absence of this knowledge makes people unnecessarily afraid of Death. 

When this knowledge is received by more people, they are less likely to meet death with 

fear. The result will be that the people whom Yama receives will already know the laws of 

Karma upon which the governance of life on earth is based. Knowing these laws, when Lord 

Yama finally visits them, people will welcome him, not repel him. 

Thus ends the Third Chapter of the First Part of the Katha Upanishad. 

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Next

KATHA UPANISHAD  

Part 2 – Total 49 Mantras 

Chapters 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3 

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Chapter 2.1: (15 Mantras) 

THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE 

TWO OBSTACLES TO KNOWLEDGE 

SRI SHANKARACHARYAJI INTRODUCES this Chapter with the words: “The subtle Self 

needs a subtle, sharp and one-pointed intellect to behold It.” If that is all that is required, 

we should all begin working towards this attainment and reach the Goal without delay. 

Yes, there is no doubt – that is the correct approach. 

However, a little practice and observation of the success rate makes us soon realize 

that this is easier said than done. What is it that makes it difficult to acquire a sharp and 

subtle intellect? The fact that such an intellect is so hard to come by indicates that there 

must be some serious obstacles to acquiring it. Two obstacles are dissected in this first 

section. Only when we know what they are can we be motivated to remove them 

The two obstacles occur in two different spheres: i) the external and ii) the internal world of the mind. world of the senses. 

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Next- Mantram: 2.1.1: First Obstacle: The “Punished” Senses 

Continued

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know the self, know the self in Nature, know the self in Jiva, Further Oneness.

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