The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 1.22 No one else
1.22
देवैरत्रापि विचिकित्सितं किल त्वं च मृत्यो यन् न सुज्ञेयमात्थ ।
वक्ता चास्य त्वादृगन्यो न लभ्यो नान्यो वरस् तुल्य एतस्य कश्चित् devair atrāpi vicikitsitaṃ kila tvaṃ ca mṛtyo yan na sujñeyam āttha |
vaktā cāsya tvādṛg anyo na labhyo nānyo varas tulya etasya kaścit
The line
Even the gods doubted it, as you say, and you say it is not easy to know. No other speaker of this, like you, is to be found. No other boon is equal to this.
नेपालीमा
तपाईंले भनेजस्तै देवताहरूले पनि यसमा शंका गरे, र तपाईं भन्नुहुन्छ यो जान्न सजिलो छैन। यसको तपाईं जस्तो अर्को वक्ता पाइँदैन, र यो बराबरको अर्को वर छैन।
Where it sits
Death will now try gifts instead of argument. The boy has not changed the boon.
Split: devaiḥ atra api vicikitsitam (देवैः अत्र अपि विचिकित्सितम्) + kila (किल) + tvam ca (त्वम् च) + mṛtyo (मृत्यो) + yat (यत्) + na sujñeyam (न सुज्ञेयम्) + āttha (आत्थ) + vaktā (वक्ता) + ca asya (च अस्य) + tvādṛk (त्वादृक्) + anyaḥ (अन्यः) + na (न) + labhyaḥ (लभ्यः) + na anyaḥ (न अन्यः) + varaḥ (वरः) + tulyaḥ (तुल्यः) + etasya (एतस्य) + kaścit (कश्चित्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| devaiḥ atra api vicikitsitam (देवैः अत्र अपि विचिकित्सितम्) | the echo | Even the gods doubted this. He repeats Death's words, and adds kila (किल), so it is said. |
| kila (किल) | indeclinable | Indeed, as you say. |
| tvam ca (त्वम् च) | you, and | And you. |
| mṛtyo (मृत्यो) | vocative | O Death. |
| yat (यत्) | accusative, or indeclinable | That which. Heard yan (यन्). |
| na sujñeyam (न सुज्ञेयम्) | not easily known | Death's own phrase, handed back. |
| āttha (आत्थ) | perfect, second person singular | You have said. From ah (अह्). |
| vaktā (वक्ता) | nominative singular, masculine | A speaker. |
| ca asya (च अस्य) | and, of this | Heard cāsya (चास्य). |
| tvādṛk (त्वादृक्) | nominative singular, masculine | One like you. Heard tvādṛg (त्वादृग्) before anyaḥ (अन्यः). |
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | Another. Heard anyo (अन्यो). |
| na (न) | indeclinable | Not. |
| labhyaḥ (लभ्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | To be found. Heard labhyo (लभ्यो). |
| na anyaḥ (न अन्यः) | not another | Heard nānyaḥ (नान्यः), and then varo (वरो). |
| varaḥ (वरः) | nominative singular, masculine | A boon. Heard varas (वर) before tulyaḥ (तुल्यः). |
| tulyaḥ (तुल्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | Equal. Heard tulya (तुल्य). |
| etasya (एतस्य) | genitive singular, masculine | To this one. |
| kaścit (कश्चित्) | nominative singular, masculine | Any. With na (न): none. |
The phrases
He grants Death's premise and refuses the conclusion. No speaker like Death, and no boon equal to this.
Sanskrit in this line
Ca (च) plus asya (अस्य) is cāsya (चास्य). Na (न) plus anyaḥ (अन्यः) is nānyaḥ (नान्यः). Tvādṛk (त्वादृक्) before anyaḥ (अन्यः) is tvādṛg anyaḥ (त्वादृगन्यः).
Say it back
Say the two things he says cannot be found elsewhere.