[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha) › [Sandhi-resolved (padapāṭha-style) version](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) › 1.2 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2 Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 1.2 - **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 ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.2) śreyaḥ~ ca preyaḥ~ ca manuṣyam etaḥ~ tau sam-pari~-itya vivinakti dhīraḥ~ śreyaḥ~ hi dhīraḥ~ abhi preyasaḥ~ vṛṇīte preyaḥ~ mandaḥ~ yoga-kṣemād vṛṇīte ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.3) sa tvam~ priyān priya-rūpān~ ca kāmān abhi-dhyāyan naciketaḥ~ ati~-asrākṣīḥ~ na~ etām~ sṛṅkām~ vitta-mayīm ava~-āptaḥ~ yasyām~ majjanti bahavaḥ~ manuṣyās~ ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.4) dūram ete vi-pari~-ite viṣūcīḥ~ avijñā yā ca vidyā~ iti jñātā vidyā~-abhīpsinam~ naciketasam~ manye na tvā kāmāḥ~ bahavaḥ~ alolupanta ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.5) avijñāyām antare vartamānās~ svayam~-dhīrās~ paṇḍitam~-manyamānāḥ~ dandramyamāṇās~ pari-yanti mūḍhāḥ~ andhena~ eva nīyamānā yathā~ andhās~ ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.6) na sāmparāyas~ prati-bhāti bālam~ pra-mādyantam~ vitta-mohena mūḍham ayam~ lokaḥ~ na~ asti paraḥ~ iti mānī punar~ punar vaśam ā-padyate me ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.7) śravaṇāya~ api bahubhir yaḥ~ na labhyas~ śṛṇvantas~ api bahavaḥ~ yam~ na vidyur~ āścaryaḥ~ vaktā kuśalaḥ~ asya labdhā āścaryaḥ~ jñātā kuśala~-anu-śiṣṭas~ ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.8) na nareṇa~ avareṇa pra~-ukta eṣa suvijñeyaḥ~ bahudhā cintyamānaḥ~ ananyaprokte gatiḥ~ atra na~ asti aṇīyān hy atarkyam aṇu-pramāṇād~ ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.9) na~ eṣā tarkeṇa matiḥ~ āpaneyā proktā~ anyena~ eva sujñānāya preṣṭha yām~ tvam āpas~ satya-dhṛtir bata~ asi tvādṛṅ naḥ~ bhūyān naciketas~ praṣṭā ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.10) jānāmi~ aham~ śevadhiḥ~ iti~ anityam~ na hi~ adhruvais~ pra~-āpyate hi dhruvam~ tad~ tataḥ~ mayā nāciketaḥ~ citaḥ~ agniḥ~ anityaiḥ~ dravyais~ prāptavān asmi nityam ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.11) kāmasya~ āptim~ jagatas~ pratiṣṭhām~ kratoḥ~ ānantyam a-bhayasya pāram stoma-mahad uru-gāyam~ pra-tiṣṭhām~ dṛṣṭvā dhṛtyā dhīraḥ~ naciketaḥ~ ati~-asrākṣīs~ ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.12) tam~ duḥ~-darśam~ gūḍham anu-pra-viṣṭam~ guhā-hitam~ gahvare-ṣṭhaṃ purāṇam adhyātma-yoga~-adhigamena devam~ matvā dhīraḥ~ harṣa-śokau jahāti ### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.13) etad~ śrutvā sam-pari-gṛhya martyas~ pra-vṛhya dharmyam aṇum etam āpya sa modate modanīyam~ hi labdhvā vi-vṛtam~ sadma naciketasam~ manye ### [1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.14) anyatra dharmād anyatra~ adharmāt anyatra~ asmād~ kṛta~-akṛtād~ anyatra bhūtād~ ca bhavyād~ ca yad~ tad~ paśyasi tad vada ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.15) sarve vedāḥ~ yad~ padam ā-mananti tapām̐si sarvāṇi ca yad vadanti yad icchantaḥ~ brahmacaryam~ caranti tad~ te padam~ saṃgraheṇa bravīmi~ om iti~ etad~ ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.16) etad ~hi~ eva~ akṣaram~ brahma etad ~hi~ eva~ akṣaraṃ param etad ~hi~ eva~ akṣaram~ jñātvā yaḥ~ yad icchati tasya tad~ ### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.17) etad ālambanam~ śreṣṭham etad ālambanam~ param etad ālambanam~ jñātvā brahma-loke mahīyate ### [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.18) na jāyate mriyate vā vipaścid~ na~ ayam~ kutaḥ~-cid~ na babhūva kaḥ~-cid~ ajas nityaḥ~ śāśvataḥ~ ayam~ purāṇaḥ~ na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre ### [1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.19) hantā ced~ manyate hantum~ hataḥ~ ced~ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vi-jānītaḥ~ na~ ayam~ hanti na hanyate ### [1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.20) aṇoḥ~ aṇīyān mahataḥ~ mahīyān ātmā~ asya jantoḥ~ ni-hitaḥ~ guhāyām tam akratus~ paśyati vīta-śoko dhātu-prasādād~ mahimānam ātmanas~ ### [1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.21) āsīnaḥ~ dūram~ vrajati śayānaḥ~ yāti sarvatas~ kaḥ~ tam~ madāmadam~ devam~ mad anyaḥ~ jñātum arhati ### [1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.22) aśarīram~ śarīreṣu~ anavastheṣu~ ava-sthitam mahāntam~ vibhum ātmānam~ matvā dhīraḥ~ na śocati ### [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 ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.24) na~ avirataḥ~ duscaritād~ nāśāntaḥ~ na~ asamāhitaḥ~ na~ aśāntamānaso vā~ api prajñānena~ enam āpnuyāt ### [1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2.25) yasyā brahma ca kṣatram~ ca ubhe bhavataḥ~ odanaḥ~ mṛtyuḥ~ yasya~ upasecanam~ kaḥ~ itthā veda yatra sas~ ## 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.2) · Pramāṇa