महतः परमव्यक्तमव्यक्तात्पुरुषः परः । पुरुषान्न परं किंचित्सा काष्ठा सा परा गतिः ॥
mahataḥ paramavyaktamavyaktātpuruṣaḥ paraḥ | puruṣānna paraṃ kiṃcitsā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatiḥ ||
Higher than the great is the unmanifest; higher than the unmanifest is the Person. Higher than the Person there is nothing at all: that is the end, that is the highest goal.
महत् से परे अव्यक्त है, अव्यक्त से परे पुरुष है। पुरुष से परे कुछ भी नहीं; वही सीमा है, वही परम गति है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Every search for meaning eventually asks: what is the last thing, beyond which nothing lies? The Katha answers that it is the Person, the innermost Self, not something outside us.
अर्थ की हर खोज अंततः पूछती है: अंतिम क्या है, जिसके परे कुछ नहीं? कठोपनिषद् उत्तर देता है कि वह पुरुष है, अंतरतम आत्मा, हमसे बाहर कुछ नहीं।
Yama continues the ladder to its summit: beyond the great self is the unmanifest, beyond that the Person, and beyond the Person there is nothing.