HARI OM
KATHOPANISAD
I. Usan ha qui v=jaranasah sarvacedasamm daday? tasa ha Macieta ning putra ase 4
Once, the son of Vajasravas, desiring (some fruit) gave a way a!l his possessionsHe had a son named Nacietas,
COMMENTARY :
1. Let my ujali go to the Beauty of Anjanadri,' of the colour ot common fax(ctx}-flower-buncb, with His chest adorned by Sri. 2. Bowing to Vyasa, Ramingja and other teachers, Y shall write this comment, according to nly intelligenceon the Kathopamisad, for the delight of the learned. 4&an: Desinous. The word comes from the root use eaning desire with the suffix #ct which gets symbrankirana (Panini I. i. 45) as enjoined in the siitra heginning with grohijya (Pigini. V. i. ). ha rai: These wo are particles, (used to indicate things that have transpired. - The fruit is to be supplied. trajasranasah : son of Vaja$ravasVajakravas is one who has attained fame through gifts of food (udja). His son is vaja ravasal. Or it may be a name, nmerely, Vajakravas. The neaming is that the sage indeed performing the sacri. fce called vivajit (conqueror of the world)" in which every
1. Meauty of Aijuadri i : Sri VedkateswAra. 2. cf. Sri Krishna Peen Yoga of the Ha?o*giad p. 14: ealing of vajaravasa. 3. The vi&vajitsacrifice was performed by Mahibali when Vamana came and asked for three paces of Around yololically the earth, Heaven and self. thua completiog the acrifice fully. Vinnana is Atated to be the subject dealt with by this Upanisal. cf, Visuasahasra.: visvan {1).
