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Katha Upanisad
Chapter Four
1. ’The self-born has bored five holes, facing outward: Hence one sees outward, not within oneself (antaratman) a certain wise one, desiring immortality, turning his gaze around, Has looked within at the self.
2. ‘Childish folk follow outward desires And go into the noose of Death, who lies in wait: But the wise, seeing immortality, Do not search for the constant in inconstant things.
3. ‘By that by which one knows form, taste, smell, Sounds and sexual contacts, One knows it too. What is left here?
4. ‘Knowing that by which one experiences Both sleep and waking states As the great, all-pervading self, The wise one does not grieve.
5. ‘The one who knows this honey-eater As life, the self, close by, Lord of past of future, Does not shrink away from it. This is that.
6. ‘He who was formerly the offspring of heat (tapas) Who was formerly born of the waters He who, having entered and dwelt in the secret place, Looks out through beings This is that.
7. ‘She who arises through the breath Aditi, made of deities She who, having entered and dwelt in the secret Place, Was born through beings This is that.
8. ‘Agni Jatavedas, hidden in the two fire-sticks Like an embryo safely carried by pregnant women, Worthy of daily men bearing offerings This is that.
9. that from which the sum rises and into which it sets, in that the gods are fixed. no one goes beyond it this is that.
10. ‘What is here is there: What is there is here too. The one who sees things here as various Gets death after death.
11. ‘It can be grasped only by mind. There is nothing various here. The one who sees things here as various Goes from death to death.
12. ‘A person (purusa), a thumb in length, Rests in the midst of the self, Lord of past and future. One does not shrink away from it. This is that.
13. ‘A person, a thumb in length, Like a light without smoke, Lord of past of future, It is, today, and tomorrow too. This is that.
14. ‘As rainwater, fallen in a rugged place Among the mountains, runs away, One who sees dharmas as separate Runs away after them.
15. ‘As pure water, dropping into pure, Becomes just like it, So, Gautama, does the self Of the silent one (muni) who understands.
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