Katha Upanishad Chapter 4 Verse 3

Original Verse

येन रूपं रसं गन्धं शब्दान् स्पर्शांश्च मैथुनान् । एतेनैव विजानाति किमत्र परिशिष्यते एतद् वै तत् ॥ ३ ॥

yena rūpaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ śabdān sparśāṃś ca maithunān | etenaiva vijānāti kim atra pariśiṣyate etad vai tat || 3 ||

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Translations & Commentary

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Max Müller

English Translation

By which one perceives all forms, tastes, smells, sounds, and touches, by which also one experiences what is to be known — what is left here? This is That.

Simple English

English Translation

That by which one knows form, taste, smell, sound, and touch, and by which one knows what is to be known — what remains here beyond that? This, verily, is That.