[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) › 1.3 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.3 Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.1) ṛtam~ pibantau sukṛtasya loke guhām~ pra-viṣṭau parame para~-ardhe chāyā-tapau brahma-vidaḥ~ vadanti pañcāgnayo ye ca triṇāciketās~ ### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.2) yaḥ setuḥ~ ījānānām akṣaram~ brahma yad~ param abhayam~ titīrṣatām~ pāram~ nāciketam~ śakemahi ### [1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.3) ātmānam~ rathinam~ viddhi śarīram~ ratham eva tu buddhim~ tu sārathim~ viddhi manas~ pragraham eva ca ### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.4) indriyāṇi hayān āhur viṣayān~ teṣu gocarān ātma~-indriya-manaḥ~-yuktam~ bhoktā~ iti~ āhur manīṣiṇas~ ### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.5) yaḥ~ tu~ avijñānavān bhavati~ ayuktena manasā sadā tasya~ indriyāṇi~ avaśyāni duṣṭa~-aśvāḥ~ iva sārathes~ ### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.6) yaḥ~ tu vijñānavān bhavati yuktena manasā sadā tasya~ indriyāṇi vaśyāni sad-aśvāḥ~ iva sārathes~ ### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.7) yaḥ~ tu~ avijñānavān bhavati~ amanaskas~ sadā ~aśuciḥ~ na sa tad~ padam āpnoti sam̐sāram~ ca~ adhi-gacchati ### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.8) yaḥ~ tu vijñānavān bhavati samanaskas~ sadā śucis~ sa tu tad~ padam āpnoti yasmād bhūyaḥ~ na jāyate ### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.9) vijñāna-sārathiḥ~ yaḥ~ tu manas~ pragrahavān naraḥ saḥ~ adhvanas~ pāram āpnoti tad viṣṇos~ paramam~ padam ### [1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.10) indriyebhyas~ parāḥ~ hi~ arthāḥ~ arthebhyaḥ~ ca param~ manaḥ~ manasaḥ~ tu parā buddhiḥ~ buddheḥ~ ātmā mahān paras~ ### [1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.11) mahatas~ param avyaktam avyaktād~ puruṣas~ paras~ puruṣād~ na param~ kiñcid~ sā kāṣṭhā sā parā gatis~ ### [1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.12) eṣa sarveṣu bhūteṣu gūḍhaḥ~ atmā na pra-kāśate dṛśyate tu~ agryayā buddhyā sūkṣmayā sūkṣma-darśibhis~ ### [1.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.13) yacchet~ vāk~ manasī prājñas tad yacchet~ jñāne~ ātmani jñānam ātmani mahati ni-yacchet tad yacchet~ śānte~ ātmani ### [1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.14) ut-tiṣṭhata jāgrata pra~-āpya varān ni-bodhata kṣurasya dhārā niśitā duratyayā durgam~ pathaḥ~ tad~ kavayaḥ~ vadanti ### [1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.15) aśabdam asparśam arūpam avyayam~ tathā~ arasam~ nityam agandhavat~ ca yad~ anādi~ anantam~ mahatas~ param~ dhruvam~ ni-cāyya tad~ mṛtyu-mukhād~ pra-mucyate ### [1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.16) nāciketam upākhyānam~ mṛtyu-proktam~ sanātanam uktvā śrutvā ca medhāvī brahma-loke mahīyate ### [1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3.17) yaḥ~ imam~ paramam~ guhyam~ śrāvayet~ brahma-sam̐sadi pra-yataḥ~ śrāddha-kāle vā tad ānantyāya kalpate tad ānantyāya kalpate ## Translations (1) - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.3.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.1.3) · Pramāṇa