[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) › 1.18 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.18 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.18) triṇāciketas trayam etad viditvā ya evaṃ vidvāṃś cinute nāciketam / sa mṛtyupāśān purataḥ praṇodya śokātigo modate svargaloke // > 'He who knows the three Nâkiketa fires, and knowing the three, piles up the Nâkiketa sacrifice, he, having first thrown off the chains of death, rejoices in the world of heaven, beyond the reach of grief.' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.17) - [Next: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.19) - [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.1.1.18) — 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 (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.43) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.18) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.18) · Pramāṇa