Katha Upanishad
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Sep 20, 2026
Anish ChaitanyaHOST
Anyway, I am going to explain it to you.
Anish ChaitanyaHOST
Because this verse, I would use the word this way, Bhagawan Krishna, Supreme Consciousness Bhagawan Krishna has quoted this verse directly from Kathopanishad.
Anish ChaitanyaHOST
But Kathopanishad, it is explained a little differently there.
Anish ChaitanyaHOST
I am going to bring up that verse also here because this example is there in the mantra of Kathopanishad also.
Anish ChaitanyaHOST
As I told you before also, one thing I will tell you, in Upanishads, whatever comes in Upanishads, we call them mantra.
Anish ChaitanyaHOST
And I said that in the beginning of the podcast in Bhagavad Gita also.
Swami AparajitanandaHOST
He was literally ruling the kingdom of dispassion.
Swami AparajitanandaHOST
Bhagavan Shankaracharya himself, before starting the commentary of Kathopanishad, he prostrates not only to Yamaraja, the teacher of Brahmavidya, he also prostrates to Nachiketa, the student, and is the only instance where he has done this.
Swami AparajitanandaHOST
Prostration to the student also.
Swami AparajitanandaHOST
[speaking Sanskrit] This is how the commentary begins of Bhagavan Shankaracharya.
BinduHOST
And then what we will do is we will In that
BinduHOST
book, I have used Shankaracharya's references of the similar mantras in Dantara Upanishad, like Shetva Shetva Upanishad, Katha Upanishad, etc.
BinduHOST
to bring in meaning for this Upanishadic mantra.
BinduHOST
So it is some sort of a mirrored Shankarabhashya, not exactly Shankarabhashya.
Rasikananda SwamiHOST
You understand? We are only conscious because God is conscious.
Rasikananda SwamiHOST
By his desire, there's a verse in Katha Upanishad, in a narrative between a boy, Nachiketa, and Yam, the god of death, and he says, "Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman." God is the supreme eternal, the one, and we are all emanations of that supreme one, part and parcel, infinitesimal particles of that infinite supreme spirit, who is both separate and complete beyond us, and yet each one of us, even though we are infinitesimal sparks, are also complete and whole.
Rasikananda SwamiHOST
This is also in Isha Upanishad, "Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat Purnamudachyate Purnasya Purnamadaya P vrijdag, Purnamiva Vasishyate." Any emanation from the infinite complete whole is also complete in and of itself, even though we are infinitesimal.
Rasikananda SwamiHOST
So the super soul is within all of us.
Swami SwaroopanandaHOST
Just like you have the devatas to meditate upon, the form of the Lord to meditate upon, even this.
Swami SwaroopanandaHOST
And which flame are you to be meditate? Kathopanishad says a smokeless flame.
Swami SwaroopanandaHOST
Hmm.
Swami SwaroopanandaHOST
So when you think of that flame which is steady, your mind also becomes steady.
SatyaPANELIST
Okay, Hari Om.
SatyaPANELIST
So, we will, once again, I want to start off this Kathopanishad summary by saying the Shanti Mantra, which is the Yajurveda Shantiba.
SatyaPANELIST
So, let me do it once again.
SatyaPANELIST
Om Sahanavavatu, Sahanam Gunatu, Sahaveeryam Karavahai, Tejasminavati Damastu Maapitvashavahai, Om Shanti,
SatyaPANELIST
So that's the mantra for this.
SatyaPANELIST
Now, if I go to the next one.
SatyaPANELIST
So Kathopanishad is part of the Krishna Yajurveda.
SatyaPANELIST
And it has two chapters and three sub-chapters.
BinduHOST
So the Brahmanishta is very important.
BinduHOST
Plus Kathopanishad also declares that Naishatarkena Madhiravanaya This understanding is not obtained through reasoning alone.
BinduHOST
Only the teacher who knows Medhavi, established in wisdom in Brahmanishta, can convey it.
BinduHOST
Therefore Arjuna's Tvadya Nanya Chetahana Vapadyade is a Shishya's recognition of the Guru's
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
There is that reality and that reality is most worth pursuing.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
In the Katha Upanishad it says, A blessed person is one who hears about this.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
Twice blessed is the person who understands this.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
And thrice blessed is the person who realizes this.
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Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
He also asserted that promiscuity is the proper rule of conduct between them since the joy, ananda, of sexual union is the true form of Bhairava and the attainment of joy at death is salvation." So describing Moksha in these orgiastic terms and describing sexual bliss or eating meat or drinking wine as being religiously valuable because they bring joy, that's a very tantrik Shaiva kind of argument.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
And it's very against the Platonic ideal or the Protestant ideal or even the Vedic ideal.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
If you look at the Katha Upanishad, clearly it says two paths are there, the path of the good and the path of the pleasurable.
Nishanth SelvalingamHOST
Only the ones who walk away from the path of the pleasurable and choose the path of the good will attain Brahman.
Sacinandana SwamiHOST
And from this we conclude, without Krishna's wish, we can never attain Him.
Sacinandana SwamiHOST
As it is stated in the Katha Upanishad, Krishna reveals Himself only to that person whom He Himself chooses.
Sacinandana SwamiHOST
Let's stop here.
Sacinandana SwamiHOST
The gopis on their own efforts try to find him.
Prashant IyengarGUEST
Now that means that Yajnavalkya's text is older than Patanjali's text according to Indologists.
Prashant IyengarGUEST
There is Yoga in Upanishads, Kathopanishad.
Prashant IyengarGUEST
There is definition of Yoga.
Prashant IyengarGUEST
Shvetashathan Upanishad.
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