Katha Upanishad: Verse 1.1.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आशा प्रतीक्षे संगतं सूनृतां च इष्टापूर्ते पुत्रपशूंश्च सर्वान्। एतद्वृड्क्ते पुरुषस्याल्पमेधसो यस्यानश्नन्वसति ब्राह्मणो गृहे॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

आशा प्रतीक्षे संगतम् सूनृताम् च इष्ट-पूर्ते पुत्र-पशून् च सर्वान्। एतत् वृड्क्ते पुरुषस्य अल्प-मेधसः यस्य अनश्नन् वसति ब्राह्मणः गृहे॥

Recitation with translationKatha Upanishad 1.1.8

IAST Transliteration

āśā pratīkṣe saṅgataṃ sūnṛtāṃ ca iṣṭāpūrte putrapaśūṃśca sarvān | etad vṛḍkte puruṣasyālpamedhaso yasyānaśnan vasati brāhmaṇo gṛhe ||8||

Translation

ಆಶೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಸತ್ಯವಂತರ ಸಂಗತಿ, ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಯಜ್ಞಕರ್ಮಗಳು, ಪುತ್ರರು ಮತ್ತು ದನಕರು - ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಅಲ್ಪಮೇಧಾವಿಯ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅನ್ನವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಅತಿಥಿಗೆ ಸೇರುತ್ತವೆ.

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Academic Translation

Hope and expectation, association with the truthful, and all sacrificial works, sons and cattle, this belongs to the person of little understanding in whose house a Brahmin guest dwells without food.

Verse Context

• Dharma of Hospitality (Atithi-dharma) and Spiritual Discrimination
• Mahavakya: Not directly related to the four Mahavakyas; contextual setup for the teaching on Atman
• Krishna Yajur Veda
• Taittiriya Shakha
• Chandas: Anushtup