[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) › 1.20 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.20 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.20) yeyaṃ prete vicikitsā manuṣye astīty eke nāyam astīti caike / etad vidyām anuśiṣṭas tvayāhaṃ varāṇām eṣa varas tṛtīyaḥ // > \[Naciketas:\] 20. This doubt that there is in regard to a man deceased: ‘He exists,’ say some; ‘He exists not,’ say others— This would I know, instructed by thee! Of the boons this is boon the third. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.21) - [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.p27) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.20) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.46) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.21) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.19) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.20) · Pramāṇa