[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) › 2.1 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1 Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.1) parāñci khāni vi~-atṛṇat svayambhūḥ~ tasmād~ parāṅ paśyati na~ antarā~ ātman kaḥ~-cid dhīras~ pratyak~ ātmānam aikṣat āvṛtta-cakṣuḥ~ amṛtatvam icchan ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.2) parācas~ kāmān anu-yanti bālāḥ~ te mṛtyoḥ~ yanti vi-tatasya pāśam atha dhīrāḥ~ amṛtatvam~ viditvā dhruvam adhruveṣu~ iha na pra~-arthayante ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.3) yena rūpam~ rasam~ gandham~ śabdān sparśān~ ca maithunān etena~ eva vi-jānāti kim atra pari-śiṣyate etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.4) svapna~-antam~ jāgarita~-antam~ ca~ ubhau yena~ anu-paśyati mahāntam~ vibhum ātmānam~ matvā dhīraḥ~ na śocati ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.5) yaḥ~ imam~ madhu~-adaṃ veda ātmānam~ jīvam antikād~ īśānam~ bhūta-bhavyasya na tataḥ~ vi-jugupsate etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.6) yas~ pūrvam~ tapasaḥ~ jātam adbhyas~ pūrvam ajāyata guhām~ pra-viśya tiṣṭhantam~ yaḥ~ bhūtebhiḥ~ vi~-apaśyat etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.7) yā prāṇena sam-bhavati~ aditiḥ~ devatāmayī guhām~ pra-viśya tiṣṭhantīm~ yā bhūtebhiḥ~ vi~-ajāyata etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.8) araṇyoḥ~ ni-hitaḥ~ jātavedāḥ~ garbhaḥ~ iva subhṛtaḥ~ garbhiṇībhiḥ~ dive dive~ īḍyaḥ~ jāgṛvadbhiḥ~ haviṣmadbhiḥ~ manuṣyebhiḥ~ agniḥ~ etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.9) yataḥ~ ca~ ud-eti sūryaḥ~ astam~ yatra ca gacchati tam~ devāḥ sarve ~arpitāḥ~ tad u na~ ati~-eti kaḥ~-cana etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.10) yad eva~ iha tad amutra yad amutra tad anu~ iha mṛtyoḥ sa mṛtyum āpnoti yaḥ~ iha nānā~ iva paśyati ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.11) manasā~ eva~ idam āptavyam~ na~ iha nānā~ asti kim~-cana mṛtyoḥ sa mṛtyum~ gacchati yaḥ~ iha nānā~ iva paśyati ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.12) aṅguṣṭha-mātraḥ puruṣaḥ~ madhye~ ātmani tiṣṭhati īśānaḥ~ bhūta-bhavyasya na tataḥ~ vi-jugupsate etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.13) aṅguṣṭha-mātraḥ puruṣaḥ~ jyotiḥ~ iva~ adhūmakaḥ~ īśānaḥ~ bhūta-bhavyasya sa eva~ adya sa u śvaḥ~ etad vai tad~ ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.14) yathā~ udakam~ durge vṛṣṭam~ parvateṣu vi-dhāvati evam~ dharmān pṛthak paśyan~ tān eva~ anu-vi-dhāvati ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1.15) yathā~ udakam~ śuddhe śuddham ā-siktam~ tādṛk~ eva bhavati evam~ muneḥ~ vi-jānataḥ~ ātmā bhavati gautama --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1) · Pramāṇa