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कठोपनिषत्् (katha upanišad),-katha upanišad 1, (S.-4, Ch.-1, V.-13) |
स त्वमग्निँ स्वर्ग्यमध्येषि मृत्यो प्रब्रूहि त्वँ श्रद्दधानाय मह्यम् । स्वर्गलोका अमृतत्वं भजन्त एतद् द्वितीयेन वृणे वरेण ॥ १३॥ |
sa tvamagni~ svargyamadhyeṣi mṛtyo prabrūhi tva~ śraddadhānāya mahyam । svargalokā amṛtatvaṃ bhajanta etad dvitīyena vṛṇe vareṇa ॥ 13॥ |
mrtyo = O Death; since saḥ tvam = you, such as you are; adhyeṣi = remember, i.e. know; svargyam agnim = the Fire that is the means for the attainment of heaven - heaven that has the aforementioned qualities; (therefore) tvam = you; prabrūhi = speak; mahyam śraddadānāya = to me who am full of faith, and who desire heaven = (tell me of that Fire) by worshipping which; svarga-lokā = the dwellers of heaven, those who have reached heaven, the sacrificers; bhajanta = get ; amṛtatvam = immortality, divinity. That fact which is etat = this knowledge of Fire; vṛṇe = I seek for; dvitīyena varena = through the second boon |
You know, O Death, the Fire−sacrifice, which leads to Heaven. Explain it to me, for I am full of faith. The inhabitants of Heaven attain immortality. This I ask as my second boon.