Invocation from the Katha Upanishad; also from parts 2 and 3 of the Taittiriya Upanishad. This is popular Shanti Mantra (peace invocation) that is recited in all temples.
Saha navavatu saha nau bhunaktu
Saha viryam karavavahai
May He protect us together.
May He own us together.
May He make unto us vigour and virility.
Commentary
God, Guru and disciple: God is Compassion [...]
Uttisthata jagrata prapya varan nibodhata
Ksurasya dhara nisita duratyaya
Durgam pathas tat kavayo vadanti
(Katha Upanishad 1.3.14)
Arise! Awake! Realise and achieve the Highest with the help of the [...]
Katha Upanishad - Full Translation
Invocation
Om. May Brahman protect us both! May Brahman bestow upon us both the fruit of Knowledge! May we both obtain the energy to acquire Knowledge! May what we both study reveal the Truth! May we cherish no ill feeling toward each other!
Om. Peace! Peace! Peace!
Part One
Chapter I
1 Vajasravasa, desiring rewards, [...]
Katha Upanishad is one of the principle Upanishads commented upon by Adi Shankara. It is associated with the Taittiriya school of the Black Yajurveda. It figures as number 3 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. The word “Katha” means story.
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Shown below are links to the Translations of all 108 Upanishads in Hinduism.
Adhyatma • Advaya Taraka • Aitareya • Aksha Malika • Akshi • Amrita Bindu • Amrita Nada • Annapurna • Aruni • Atharvasikha • Atharvasiras • [...]
The older Upanishads are associated with Vedic Charanas (Shakhas or schools). The Aitareya Upanishad with the Shakala shakha, the Kauśītāki Upanishad with the Bashakala shakha; the Chāndogya Upanishad with the Kauthuma shakha, the Kena Upanishad, and the Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana, with the Jaiminiya shakha; the Kaṭha Upanishad with the Caraka-Katha shakha, the Taittirīya and Śvetāśvatara [...]
Due to their mystical nature and intense philosophical bent that does away with all ritual and completely embraces principals of One Brahman and the inner Atman, the Upanishads have a universal feel that has led to their explication in numerous manners, giving birth to the three schools of Vedanta.
Vedantin philosopher Adi Shankara summed up all [...]
Different Upanishads are formally affiliated with the four Vedas (Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda). The Upanishads were transmitted orally by the schools of Vedic recitation sakhas. The longest and oldest Upanishad are the Bṛhadāraṇyaka and the Chāndogya.