The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 3.7 He misses the station
3.7
यस् त्वविज्ञानवान् भवत्यमनस्कः सदाशुचिः ।
न स तत् पदमाप्नोति संसारं चाधिगच्छति yas tv avijñānavān bhavaty amanaskaḥ sadāśuciḥ |
na sa tat padam āpnoti saṃsāraṃ cādhigacchati
The line
Whoever lacks understanding, mindless, always impure: he does not reach that station, and he goes on into the round.
नेपालीमा
जसलाई बुझाइ छैन, मनहीन, सधैँ अशुद्ध, ऊ त्यो स्थानमा पुग्दैन र फेरोमा गइरहन्छ।
Where it sits
The station is the one told in brief as oṃ (ओं). Missing the discipline of the chariot is missing that station.
Split: yaḥ tu avijñānavān (यः तु अविज्ञानवान्) + bhavati (भवति) + amanaskaḥ (अमनस्कः) + sadā-aśuciḥ (सदा-अशुचिः) + na saḥ (न सः) + tat padam (तत् पदम्) + āpnoti (आप्नोति) + saṃsāram (संसारम्) + ca adhigacchati (च अधिगच्छति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yaḥ tu avijñānavān (यः तु अविज्ञानवान्) | nominative singular, masculine | Whoever lacks understanding. Heard yas tv (यस् त्व्). |
| bhavati (भवति) | present, third person singular | He is. Heard bhavaty (भवत्य्). |
| amanaskaḥ (अमनस्कः) | nominative singular, masculine | Without a working mind. |
| sadā-aśuciḥ (सदा-अशुचिः) | nominative singular, masculine | Always impure. Heard sadāśuciḥ (सदाशुचिः). |
| na saḥ (न सः) | not he | Heard na sa (न स). |
| tat padam (तत् पदम्) | accusative singular, neuter | That station. The station of 2.15. |
| āpnoti (आप्नोति) | present, third person singular | He reaches. |
| saṃsāram (संसारम्) | accusative singular, masculine | The round. Heard saṃsāraṃ (संसारं). |
| ca adhigacchati (च अधिगच्छति) | and he goes on into | Heard cādhigacchati (चाधिगच्छति). |
The phrases
Without understanding he does not reach the station, and he goes on into the round.
Sanskrit in this line
Ca (च) plus adhigacchati (अधिगच्छति) is cādhigacchati (चाधिगच्छति). Sadā (सदा) plus aśuciḥ (अशुचिः) is sadāśuciḥ (सदाशुचिः).
Say it back
Say what he misses, and what he gets.