[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) › [Kaṭha Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha) › 1.15 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.15 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.15) lokādim agniṃ tam uvāca tasmai yā iṣṭakā yāvatīr vā yathā vā / sa cāpi tat pratyavadad yathoktam athāsya mṛtyuḥ punar āha tuṣṭaḥ // > \[Narrative :\] 15. He told him of that fire as the beginning of the world, What bricks, and how many, and how \[built\]. And he too repeated that, as it was told. Then, pleased with him, Death said again— 16. Delighting, the great soul (mahātman) said to him :— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.14) - [Next: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.16) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.p24) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.35) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.15.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.15) · Pramāṇa