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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23

Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 1.2.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.23)

na~ ayam ātmā pravacanena labhyaḥ~ na medhayā na bahunā śrutena  
yam eva~ eṣa vṛṇute  
tena labhyaḥ~  
tasya~ eṣa ātmā vi-vṛṇute tanum~ svām

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## Translations (1)

- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.2.23) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

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