kathopanishad-2-3-9-na saṃdṛśe

Commentary by Swami Krishnananda of the great Divine Life Society

Na saṁdṛśe tiṣṭhati rūpam asya, na cakṣuṣā paśyati kaścanainam: hṛdā maṇīṣā manasābhikḷpto ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti (2.3.9): Those persons become immortal and deathless who are able to visualise inwardly, by insight, that great light which cannot be beheld through the sense organs. This form of the supreme essence is not to be comprehended within the field of ordinary ocular vision. No one can see Him with the eyes. All-pervading is that Being. How would you see that, inasmuch as it is not an object of the senses? That Great Being is revealed in actual insight and intuition, which arises in your own heart, in the Atman. Having known this, you are immediately selected as heir apparent to the throne of the Immortal Being.