The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 5.4 What remains
5.4
अस्य विस्रंसमानस्य शरीरस्थस्य देहिनः ।
देहाद् विमुच्यमानस्य किमत्र परिशिष्यते ।
एतद् वै तत् asya visraṃsamānasya śarīrasthasya dehinaḥ |
dehād vimucyamānasya kim atra pariśiṣyate |
etad vai tat
The line
When this embodied one who stands in the body is coming apart, being released from the body, what remains here? This, indeed, is that.
नेपालीमा
शरीरमा उभिएको यो देहधारी खुकुलिँदै शरीरबाट मुक्त हुँदा यहाँ के रहन्छ? यही नै त्यो हो।
Where it sits
The question is the same shape as 4.3. The answer is still the refrain, not a new inventory of leftovers.
Split: asya (अस्य) + visraṃsamānasya (विस्रंसमानस्य) + śarīra-sthasya (शरीर-स्थस्य) + dehinaḥ (देहिनः) + dehāt vimucyamānasya (देहात् विमुच्यमानस्य) + kim atra pariśiṣyate (किमत्र परिशिष्यते) + etat vai tat (एतत् वै तत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asya (अस्य) | genitive | Of this one. |
| visraṃsamānasya (विस्रंसमानस्य) | genitive | Falling apart. A participle. |
| śarīra-sthasya (शरीर-स्थस्य) | genitive | Standing in a body. |
| dehinaḥ (देहिनः) | genitive | Of the embodied. |
| dehāt vimucyamānasya (देहात् विमुच्यमानस्य) | being freed from the body | Genitive. Heard dehād (देहाद्). |
| kim atra pariśiṣyate (किमत्र परिशिष्यते) | what remains here | The question of 4.3. |
| etat vai tat (एतत् वै तत्) | the refrain | This is that. |
The phrases
Of this embodied one, falling apart, being freed from the body: what remains? This is that.
Sanskrit in this line
Dehāt (देहात्) before vimucyamānasya (विमुच्यमानस्य) is dehād (देहाद्).
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