The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 3.17 It avails
3.17
य इमं परमं गुह्यं श्रावयेद् ब्रह्मसंसदि ।
प्रयतः श्राद्धकाले वा तदानन्त्याय कल्पते तदानन्त्याय कल्पत इति ya imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ śrāvayed brahmasaṃsadi |
prayataḥ śrāddhakāle vā tad ānantyāya kalpate tad ānantyāya kalpata iti
The line
Who has this highest secret heard in an assembly of knowers, or, pure, at the time of the ancestral rite: that avails for the endless. That avails for the endless.
नेपालीमा
जसले यो सर्वोच्च रहस्य ज्ञाताहरूको सभामा सुनेको छ, वा शुद्ध भएर श्राद्धको बेला सुनेको छ, त्यो अनन्तका लागि हुन्छ, त्यो अनन्तका लागि हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The third vallī (वल्ली) ends. The chariot has been drawn and climbed. Vallī (वल्ली) 4 turns to the one who pierced the openings outward.
Split: yaḥ (यः) + imam paramam guhyam (इमम् परमम् गुह्यम्) + śrāvayet (श्रावयेत्) + brahma-saṃsadi (ब्रह्म-संसदि) + prayataḥ (प्रयतः) + śrāddha-kāle vā (श्राद्ध-काले वा) + tat (तत्) + ānantyāya (आनन्त्याय) + kalpate (कल्पते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yaḥ (यः) | nominative singular, masculine | Who. Heard ya (य). |
| imam paramam guhyam (इमम् परमम् गुह्यम्) | accusative singular, neuter | This highest secret. Heard imaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ (इमं परमं गुह्यं). |
| śrāvayet (श्रावयेत्) | optative, third person singular | He should cause it to be heard. |
| brahma-saṃsadi (ब्रह्म-संसदि) | locative singular, feminine | In an assembly of knowers. |
| prayataḥ (प्रयतः) | nominative singular, masculine | Restrained, pure. |
| śrāddha-kāle vā (श्राद्ध-काले वा) | locative, or | Or at the time of the ancestral offering. |
| tat (तत्) | nominative singular, neuter | That. Heard tad (तद्). |
| ānantyāya (आनन्त्याय) | dative singular, neuter | For the endless. |
| kalpate (कल्पते) | present, third person singular | It avails. Said twice, and iti (इति) closes the repetition. |
The phrases
Recited in an assembly, or at the ancestral offering, it avails for the endless. The result clause is in the pāṭha (पाठ) twice.
Sanskrit in this line
The second tad ānantyāya kalpate (तदानन्त्याय कल्पते) is part of this mantra, and iti (इति) marks the close.
Say it back
Say where it may be taught, and what it avails for.