[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) › 1.19 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.19 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.19) eṣa te 'gnir naciketaḥ svargyo yam avṛṇīthā dvitīyena vareṇa / etam agniṃ tavaiva pravakṣyanti janāsas tṛtīyaṃ varaṃ naciketo vṛṇīṣva // > 'This, O Nakiketas, is thy fire which leads to heaven, and which thou hast chosen as thy second boon. That fire all men will proclaim. Choose now, O Nakiketas, thy third boon.' > — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.20) - [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.1.1.19) — 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.45) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.20.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.17) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.19) · Pramāṇa