उपनिषद् · Kaṭha 5.8
॥
देवनागरी
य एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कामं कामं पुरुषो निर्मिमाणः ।
तद् एव शुक्रं तद् ब्रह्म तद् एवामृतम् उच्यते ।
तस्मिंल् लोकाः श्रिताः सर्वे तद् उ नात्येति कश्चन ॥
एतद् वै तत्
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
ya eṣa supteṣu jāgarti kāmaṃ kāmaṃ puruṣo nirmimāṇaḥ /
tad eva śukraṃ tad brahma tad evāmṛtam ucyate /
tasmiṃl lokāḥ śritāḥ sarve tad u nātyeti kaścana //
etad vai tat
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
यःyaḥwho; the one who
एषःeṣaḥthis; such
सुप्तेषुsupteṣuin the sleeping (from √svap — 'to sleep'); among those fallen asleep; when all sleeps
जागर्तिjāgartikeeps awake (from √jāgṛ); does not sleep; keeps vigil
कामम्kāmamdesire; the shape of desire
कामम्kāmamdesire after desire; every desire
पुरुषःpuruṣaḥPuruṣa; the inner person
निर्मिमाणःnirmimāṇaḥfashioning (nir-√mā — 'to measure out, to create'); forming; creating
तत्tatthat; he
एवevaindeed; truly
शुक्रम्śukramthe Pure (śukra — 'the bright'); the Luminous; the Resplendent
तत्tatthat; he
ब्रह्मbrahmaBrahman; the sacred reality
तत्tatthat; he
एवevaindeed; truly
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortal; the imperishable
उच्यतेucyateis called; it is said
तस्मिन्tasminin It; upon It
लोकाःlokāḥworlds; realms
श्रिताःśritāḥare established (from √śri — 'to lean upon'); they rest; have found their support
सर्वेsarveall; entirely
तत्tatit; that
उusurely; indeed
नnanot; no
अत्येतिatyetisurpasses; passes over
कश्चनkaścanaanyone; anything
एतत्etatthis; he
वैvaiverily; indeed
तत्tatthat; That
अनुवाद
That Puruṣa who keeps awake in the sleeping, fashioning desire after desire — He is the Pure, He is Brahman, He is called the Immortal. In Him all the worlds are established, and no one passes beyond Him. This, truly, is That.
संस्करण
40da2e6834ef · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 9:13:03 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
ya eṣa supteṣu jāgarti — "he who keeps awake in the sleeping": when everything in a man sleeps — the senses, the mind, the very "I" of daylight consciousness — Someone does not sleep: kāmaṁ kāmaṁ puruṣo nirmimāṇaḥ — "the Puruṣa fashioning desire after desire": out of His wakefulness even the fabric of dreams is woven; dreams are dreamt by His light, as by a lamp that has not been put out. Sleep is a daily proof: the consciousness in me is deeper than "me".
tad eva śukraṁ tad brahma tad evāmṛtam ucyate — "He is the Pure, He is Brahman, He is called the Immortal": three titles in a row, a solemn enthronement; tasmiṁl lokāḥ śritāḥ sarve — "upon Him all the worlds rest" — tad u nātyeti kaścana — "and no one oversteps Him" (the seal from verse 80, which will also clinch the tree in verse 102: the Kaṭha repeats its most important truths three times).
Its neighbourhood with verse 93 is no accident: there, the roads of the sleeping (wombs and posts, by deeds and by knowledge); here, the Wakeful One in whom those roads are laid. Saṁsāra is a sleep beside a lamp that has not been put out; and the way out of the sleep is not into another and better sleep but to Him who has never slept. Death, let us add, is a sleep too (and this is said to Naciketas at death's threshold!): in it too He keeps awake — and therefore the departing man does not fall into nothing but sleeps in the Light.