The Upaniṣads / Kaṭha / 6.13 It is
6.13
अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धव्यस् तत्त्वभावेन चोभयोः ।
अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धस्य तत्त्वभावः प्रसीदति astīty evopalabdhavyas tattvabhāvena cobhayoḥ |
astīty evopalabdhasya tattvabhāvaḥ prasīdati
The line
It is to be taken just as 'it is,' and by the being-real of both. Of one who has taken it just as 'it is,' the reality settles clear.
नेपालीमा
यो छ भनेर नै लिनुपर्छ, र दुवैको वास्तविक भावले पनि। जसले यो छ भनेर नै लिएको छ, त्यसको वास्तविकता स्पष्ट बस्छ।
Where it sits
Ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) is both, the two sides of the grasp. The mantra does not rename them in this line. The next mantra is the falling away of desires.
Split: asti iti eva (अस्ति इति एव) + upalabdhavyam (उपलब्धव्यम्) + tattva-bhāvena ca (तत्त्व-भावेन च) + ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) + asti iti eva upalabdhasya (अस्ति इति एव उपलब्धस्य) + tattva-bhāvaḥ prasīdati (तत्त्व-भावः प्रसीदति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asti iti eva (अस्ति इति एव) | just as 'it is' | Heard astīty eva (अस्तीत्येव). |
| upalabdhavyam (उपलब्धव्यम्) | to be apprehended | Future passive participle. Heard upalabdhavyas (उपलब्धव्य). |
| tattva-bhāvena ca (तत्त्व-भावेन च) | and by becoming the reality | Instrumental. Heard tattvabhāvena (तत्त्वभावेन). |
| ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) | genitive dual | Of both. |
| asti iti eva upalabdhasya (अस्ति इति एव उपलब्धस्य) | of one who has taken it as 'it is' | Heard astīty evopalabdhasya (अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धस्य). |
| tattva-bhāvaḥ prasīdati (तत्त्व-भावः प्रसीदति) | the reality becomes clear | Present. |
The phrases
It is to be grasped as 'it is,' and by the becoming-real of both. For the one who has grasped it so, the reality clears.
Sanskrit in this line
Asti iti eva upalabdhavyam (अस्ति इति एव उपलब्धव्यम्) is astīty evopalabdhavyam (अस्तीत्येवोपलब्धव्यम्).
Say it back
Say the two words one has to be able to say.