KathaUpanishad

Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
The form of man was simply his body. It was lifeless until God breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life. ". . . as the body without the spirit (i.e. the breath of life) is dead. . .
"(James 2:26).
The body of man was formed and it was lifeless.
1 Corinthians 15:45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the
last Adam became a life-giving spirit."
The first Adam became death (Yama) when he said, "I want to be like God"
It is the last Adam that gives the immortality when He said "I will take your pain and
suffering, I have come that you may have life in abundance."
It is this secret that Yama is trying to explain.
The Two Birds Analogy
In Mundaka Upanishad. 3:1:1-2. and Svetasvatara Upanishads. 4:6-7, the same
concept is presented as two birds in the same tree.
Two birds, (Jivatma and Paramatma) are companions and always united, sit upon the
self-same tree. Of these two, the one (Jivatma) eats the sweet fruit and the other
(Paramatma) looks on without eating. (Mundaka Up. 3:1:1-2. Svetasvatara Up. 4:6-7)
It then says:
Mundaka Upanishad, Chapter Three, Section one:
Dva suparna sayuja sakhaya samanam vrksam parisasvajate;
Tayoranyah pippalam svadvattya- nasnannanyo abhicakasiti.
Two birds, (Jivatma and Paramatma) are companions and always united, sit upon the
self-same tree. Of these two, the one (Jivatma) eats the sweet fruit and the other
(Paramatma) looks on without eating. (Mundaka Up. 3:1:1-2. Svetasvatara Up. 4:6-7)
It says:
Samane vrkse puruso nimagno-nisaya socati muhyamanah;
Justam yada pasyatyanyamisa- masya mahimanamiti vitasokah.
Seated on the self-same tree, one of them-the personal self-sunken in ignorance and
deluded grieves for his importance. But when he sees the Other-the Lord, the
Worshipful-as also His glory, he becomes free from dejection.
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