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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.1

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 1.2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.1)

anyad~ śreyaḥ~ anyad uta~ eva preyaḥ~  
te ubhe nānā~-arthe puruṣam~ sinītaḥ~  
tayos~ śreyaḥ~ ā-dadānasya sādhu bhavati  
hīyate ~arthād yaḥ~ u preyaḥ~ vṛṇīte

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## Translations (1)

- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

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