इन्द्रियेभ्यः परा ह्यर्था अर्थेभ्यश्च परं मनः |
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्बुद्धेरात्मा महान्परः || - कठोपनिषद
Indriyebhyah paraa hyarthaa arthebhyashch param manah.
anasastu paraa buddhirbuddheraatmaa mahaanparah. - Kathopanishad.
Indriyebhyah = sensory organs. Paraa = better than, more important. Arthaa = meaning, the real purport.
Arthebhyashch param = more important than the meanings. Manah = mind, the faculty of reasoning.
Manasastu Paraa = better than mind. Buddhirbuddheraatmaa = Buddhi + Buddhi +Aatmaa/
Buddhi = intellectual faculty, power of brain to differentiate. Aatma = soul, the inner self. Buddheraatma = in comparison between Buddhi and Aatma. Mahaanparah = the latter (Aatma) is superior.
i.e. In comparison to the sensory organs, their respective functions (sensuality) is more important, and the mind is more important than sensuality. Further, the intelluctual faculty of reasoning is better than the power of the mind and the inner self (Aatma) is superior to all these faculties.
(Through this Subhashit the importance of the inner self (Aatman) has been emphjasised, as it controls all the functions of the sensory organs, the mind and the intellect ,and depending on the strength of the Aatman, a person leads a virtuous or treacherous life. If a person has no control over his sensory organs and mind, he loses the faculty of reasoning as to what is good or bad for him, resulting in his downfall..)
मनसस्तु परा बुद्धिर्बुद्धेरात्मा महान्परः || - कठोपनिषद
Indriyebhyah paraa hyarthaa arthebhyashch param manah.
anasastu paraa buddhirbuddheraatmaa mahaanparah. - Kathopanishad.
Indriyebhyah = sensory organs. Paraa = better than, more important. Arthaa = meaning, the real purport.
Arthebhyashch param = more important than the meanings. Manah = mind, the faculty of reasoning.
Manasastu Paraa = better than mind. Buddhirbuddheraatmaa = Buddhi + Buddhi +Aatmaa/
Buddhi = intellectual faculty, power of brain to differentiate. Aatma = soul, the inner self. Buddheraatma = in comparison between Buddhi and Aatma. Mahaanparah = the latter (Aatma) is superior.
i.e. In comparison to the sensory organs, their respective functions (sensuality) is more important, and the mind is more important than sensuality. Further, the intelluctual faculty of reasoning is better than the power of the mind and the inner self (Aatma) is superior to all these faculties.
(Through this Subhashit the importance of the inner self (Aatman) has been emphjasised, as it controls all the functions of the sensory organs, the mind and the intellect ,and depending on the strength of the Aatman, a person leads a virtuous or treacherous life. If a person has no control over his sensory organs and mind, he loses the faculty of reasoning as to what is good or bad for him, resulting in his downfall..)
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