[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) › [Kathopanishadbhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara) › 87 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 87 Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya 87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.87) yas tu śreyorthī sahasreṣu kaścid evātmavidbhavati tvad vidho yasmāc chravaṇāyāpi śravaṇārthaṃ śrotam api yo na labhya ātmā bahubhir anekaiḥ śṛṇvanto 'pi bahavo 'neke 'nye yam ātmānaṃ na vidyur na vidanty abhāgino 'saṃskṛtātmāno na vijānīyuḥ / kiñ cāsya vaktāpy āścaryo 'dbhutavad evānekeṣu kaścid eva bhavati / tathā śrutvāpy asyātmanaḥ kuśalo nipuṇa evānekeṣu labdhā kaścid eva bhavati / yasmād āścaryo jñātā kaścid eva kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ kuśalena nipuṇenācāryeṇānuśiṣṭaḥ (saṃśikṣita ity adhyāhāryam) san ///1,2.7 // > Shankara’s Commentary: > Com.—Of thousands who seek good, it is some one like you who becomes the knower of the atman; for, even for hearing, the atman is not attainable by many; many others, though they hear of him, do not know the atman, not being entitled, because their minds are not purified; again, the expounder of the itman is, like a wonder, some one among many, Similarly, even among many who have so heard, some one alone of many, that is able, attains the atman; the knower of the atman is a wonder—some me who is instructed by an able preceptor. > — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary - [Previous: 86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.86) - [Next: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.88) ## Translations (2) - [The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-sitaramasastri.1.2.7.p2) — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-mt.87) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.87) · Pramāṇa