Katha Upanishad — Chapter 6: Adhyaya 2, Valli 3: Attaining the Immortal Self
6 verses
Verse 1
With root above and branches below, this eternal Ashvattha tree — that is the pure, that is Brahman, that is called the immortal. All worlds rest in …
Verse 2
When all the desires lodged in the heart are released, then the mortal becomes immortal. Here he attains Brahman.
Verse 3
When all the knots of the heart are cut here, then the mortal becomes immortal. This much is the teaching.
Verse 4
A hundred and one are the channels of the heart. One of them leads to the crown of the head. Going upward through that, one attains immortality. The …
Verse 5
The Person of the size of a thumb, the inner Self, is always seated in the heart of all beings. One should draw It out from one's own body with firmn…