SELECTIONS FROM THE KATHOPANIAD

rdhva-mlovk-kha esova3has santanah,

tad eva ukram tad brahma, tad evmrtam ucyate,
tasmin lokh rith sarve tad u ntye= ka cana: etad vai tat. (1)
This is that eternal Ashvattha Tree with roots above and branches below.
That indeed is the pure. That is Brahman. That alone is the immortal. In
It, all worlds are contained, and none goes beyond. This, verily, is That.
yad idam ki ca jagat sarvam prna eja= nihsrtam, mahad bhayam
vajram udyatam, ya etad vidur amrts te bhavan=. (2)
The whole universewhatever exists vibrates because it has sprung
from Brahman. It is a great terror, like the poised thunderbolt. Those
who know It become immortal
bhayd asygnis tapa=, bhayt tapa= sryah,
bhayd indra ca vyu ca, mrtyur dhva= pacamah. (3)
From fear of It, fire burns, the sun shines; through fear of It, Indra, the
wind and Death, the fifth, speed on their way.
iha ced aakad boddhum prk arrasya visrasah, tatah sargesu lokesu
arratvya kalpate. (4)
If a person is not in a position to know this before casting off his body,
he becomes fit for rebirth in some world.
OR
If one has he capacity to assimilate this truth before the shedding of this
body, he/she becomes endowed with the power to enter into everything
in the universe