Kathopanishad- Verse 9 - kathopanishad-2-1-9-yataścodeti

Kathopanishad – Part 2 – Canto 1 – Verse 9 « »

यतश्चोदेति सूर्योऽस्तं यत्र च गच्छति ।
तं देवाः सर्वेऽर्पितास्तदु नात्येति कश्चन । एतद्वै तत् ॥ ९॥

yataścodeti sūryo’staṃ yatra ca gacchati .
taṃ devāḥ sarve’rpitāstadu nātyeti kaścana . etadvai tat .. 9..

9 Whence the sun rises and whither it goes to set, in whom all the devas are contained and whom none can ever pass beyond- This, verily, is That.

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Sri Shankara’s Commentary (Bhashya) translated by S. Sitarama Sastri

Moreover, that prâna from which the sun rises and that where alone the sun every day sets, that prana. i.e., the Adhidaiva and the Adhyâtma aspect of Atman as the gods and speech, etc., as the senses enter into, while they last, as spokes in a wheel. Even he is certainly Brahman. That is this Brahman, the âtman of all. None certainly passes beyond that] none ceasing to be of the nature of that becomes other than that. This verily is that.

Commentary by Swami Krishnananda of the great Divine Life Society

Yataś codeti śuryo astam yatra ca gacchati, taṁ devās sarve’rpitās tadu nātyeti kaś cana: etad vai tat (2.1.9): It is because of the impulsion of this Cosmic Being that the sun rises in the east, and the planets rotate on their axis and revolve around the central nucleus of the sun. The seasons come and go in proper time. There is administration in this universe. Things do not happen confusedly. There is precision, order, mathematical perfection seen in the workings of nature. Everything is beautiful. Nothing is untoward in this world. Mathematics is a poor science of precision before this great precision of the workings of nature, inwardly as well as outwardly. This perfection, this precision, this ordered manner of the movement of things like the sun and moon and stars, is all due to the universal controlling power of the Atman that is Hiranyagarbha, Virat. God controls everything. All the gods are embedded in this. The millions of gods that people worship in the forms of religion in this world are twinkling sparks of this wondrous divinity universally present everywhere and twinkling in our own hearts. Nobody can go beyond that. Once we reach that, our movement stops, as the movement of a river stops when it touches the ocean. All our activities cease there, our aspirations find a fulfilment there, and our desires are granted entirely, abundantly. We ourselves cease to be there. We become verily that which we are seeking. Etad vai tat: “This is that, Nachiketas. Take it,” says Yama.

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Various resources on the Kathopanishad
Upanishad Series – Katopanishad Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda

Kathopanishad – Verse 9 – kathopanishad-2-1-9-yataścodeti – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Katha-2-1-9