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Katha Upanishad
Hard Bound MRP
₹50
About the Book
Author
Ancient Rishis
Code No
10
Language
Sanskrit / Hindi
Number of Pages
120
Book Size
Granthakar (18.62cm*27.1cm)
Description
The Katha Upanishad is one of the most beautiful and dramatic Upanishads. It presents the story of young Nachiketa who, after being sent to the abode of Yama (the god of death), asks three profound questions about the nature of death, the soul, and ultimate reality.
Yama offers Nachiketa worldly pleasures, wealth, and kingdom, but the boy refuses all, insisting on knowing the truth about what happens after death. Impressed by his determination, Yama reveals the deepest secrets of Atman and Brahman.
The famous chariot metaphor (Atman as the master, body as the chariot, intellect as the charioteer) originates from this Upanishad.
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