[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) › 8 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 8 Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya 8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.8) taṃ ha naciketasaṃ kumāraṃ prathamavayasaṃ santam aprāptajananaśaktiṃ bālam eva śraddhāstikyabuddhiḥ pitur hitakāmaprayuktaviveśa praviṣṭavatī / kasmin kāla ity āha -- ṛtvigbhyaḥ sadasyebhyaś ca dakṣiṇāsu nīyamānāsu vibhāgenopanīyamānāsu dakṣiṇārthāsu goṣu, sa āviṣṭaśraddho naciketā amanyata ///1,1.2 // > Shankara’s Commentary: > Com.—Him, i.e., Nachiketas, though in the prime of life, i.e., young and not possessed of the power of procreating zeal, i.e., faith in the existence of a future state, entered, induced by the desire of good to his father. At what time is explained; when cows were brought to be distributed among the Ritviks and the sadasyas for their rewards; possessed of zeal, Nachiketas thus thought. > — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary - [Previous: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.7) - [Next: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.9) ## Translations (2) - [The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-sitaramasastri.1.1.2.p2) — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-mt.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.8) · Pramāṇa