[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) › 1.17 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.17 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.17) triṇāciketas tribhir etya sandhiṃ trikarmakṛt tarati janmamṛtyū / brahmajajñaṃ devam īḍyaṃ viditvā nicāyyemāṃ śāntim atyantam eti // > 'He who has three times performed this Nâkiketa rite, and has been united with the three (father, mother, and teacher), and has performed the three duties (study, sacrifice, almsgiving) overcomes birth and death. When he has learnt and understood this fire, which knows (or makes us know) all that is born of Brahman, which is venerable and divine, then he obtains everlasting peace.' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.17) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.p25) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.38) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.17.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.15) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śrībhāṣya (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!ramanuja*complete.4.4-20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.17) · Pramāṇa