KathaUpanishad

yad i̍daṁ ki̱ ñca ja̍gat sa̱ rva̱ ṁ prāṉa e̍ jati̱ niḥsṛ̍ tam |
maẖad bhayaṁ va̱ jram udya̍ taṁ ya e̍ tad vi̱ dur a̱ mṛtā̱s te bha̍vanti || 2 ||
yat idaṁ kiñca jagat sarvam = all this universe that there is
prāne = the supreme Brahman, (being there)
ejati = and moves
niḥśṛtam = having emerged
mahat bhayam = greatly terrifying
vajram udyatam = like an upraised thunderbolt;
ya etat viduḥ = they who know this
amṛtas te bhavanti = they attain immortality.
Whatever there is−the whole universe−vibrates because it has gone forth from Brahman,
which exists as its Ground. That Brahman is a great terror, like a poised thunderbolt.
Those who know It become immortal.
bha̱yād a̱sya agnı̍ s tapati bha̱ yāt ta̍pati̱ sūrya̍ḥ |
bhayā̍d i̱ ndraś ca̍ vāyu̱ś ca̱ mṛ̱ tyur dhā̍vati̱ pañca̍maḥ || 3 ||
asya bhayāt = from fear of Him
agniḥ tapati = the fire burns
bhayāt = from fear
sūryaḥ tapati = the Sun gives heat
bhayāt = from fear
indraḥ ca vāyuḥ = Indra and Vayu
mṛtyuḥ ca = and Death
pañcamaḥ = the fifth
dhāvati = run, speed, move fast.
From terror of Brahman, fire burns; from terror of It, the sun shines; from terror of It,
Indra and Vayu and Death,and the fifth, run.
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