य इमं परमं गुह्यं श्रावयेद् ब्रह्मसंसदि । प्रयतः श्राद्धकाले वा तदानन्त्याय कल्पते । तदानन्त्याय कल्पत इति ॥ १७॥ इति काठकोपनिषदि प्रथमाध्याये तृतीया वल्ली ॥

ya imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ śrāvayed brahmasaṃsadi । prayataḥ śrāddhakāle vā tadānantyāya kalpate । tadānantyāya kalpata iti ॥ 17॥ iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi prathamādhyāye tṛtīyā vallī ॥

yaḥ = whoever; śrāvayed = causes to be recited; imam = this; paramaṁ guhyaṁ = supreme secret doctrine; brahma-saṁsadi = in an assembly of brahmins; prayataḥ = after becoming purified; vā = or; śrādddha-kāle = at the time of the ceremonies for the dead; tat = that funeral ceremony; kalpate = becomes conducive; ānantyāya = to an eternal result.