[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) › 99 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 99 Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya 99 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.99) kiñ ca, etad ātmatattvaṃ yad ahaṃ vakṣyāmi tac chutvācāryaprasādāt samyag ātmabhāvena parigṛhyopādāya martyo maraṇadharmā dharmād anupetaṃ dharmyaṃ pravṛhyodyamya pṛthak kṛtya śarīrāder aṇuṃ sūkṣmam etam ātmānam āpya prāpya sa martyo vidvān modate modanīyaṃ harṣaṇīyam ātmānaṃ labdhvā / tad etad evaṃvidhaṃ brahma sadma bhavanaṃ naciketasaṃ tvāṃ pratyapāvṛtadvāraṃ vivṛtam abhimukhībhūtaṃ manye, mokṣārhaṃ tvāṃ manya ity abhiprāyaḥ ///1,2.13 // > Shankara’s Commentary: > Com.—Again having heard this, the true atman which I shall explain to you—from the presence of the preceptor and well-grasped it as his own Self, having abstracted the virtuous atman from the body, etc., and having realized this subtle atman, the learned mortal rejoices having obtained what gives him joy, i.e., the atman. The door of such abode of Brahman is, I think, wide open for you, Nachiketas. The drift is ‘I think you worthy of emancipation.’ > — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary - [Previous: 98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.98) - [Next: 100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.100) ## Translations (2) - [The Kaṭha Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-sitaramasastri.1.2.13.p2) — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara~en-mt.99) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kaṭhopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.99) · Pramāṇa