Katha Upanisad

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• na 42
• ca 33
• ya 26
• tataḥ 26
• etad 25
• tān 24
• tha 23
• tadā 22
• vā 18
• param 18
• sa 17
• tv 16

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  Katha Upanisad kau_1.1

• śāntasaṅkalpaḥ sumanā yathā syād vītamanyur gautamo mābhi mṛtyo / tvatprasṛṣṭaṃ mābhivadet pratīta etat trayāṇāṃ prathamaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe

  Katha Upanisad kau_1.10

• yathā purastād bhavitā pratīta auddālakir āruṇir matprasṛṣṭaḥ / sukhaṃ rātrīḥ śayitā vītamanyus tvāṃ dadṛśivān mṛtyumukhāt pramuktam

  Katha Upanisad kau_1.11

• svarge loke na bhayaṃ kiṃcanāsti na tatra tvaṃ na jarayā bibheti / ubhe tīrtvā aśanāyāpipāse śokātigo modate svargaloke

  Katha Upanisad kau_1.12

• sa tvam agniṃ svargyam adhyeṣi mṛtyo prabrūhi taṃ śraddadhānāya mahyam / svargalokā amṛtatvaṃ bhajanta etad dvitīyena vṛṇe vareṇa

  Katha Upanisad kau_1.13

• pra te bravīmi tad u me nibodha svargyam agniṃ naciketaḥ prajānan / anantalokāptim atho pratiṣṭhāṃ viddhi tvam etaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyām

  Katha Upanisad kau_1.14

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