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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.21

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.21)

devair atrāpi vicikitsitaṃ purā na hi sujñeyam aṇur eṣa dharmaḥ /  
anyaṃ varaṃ naciketo vṛṇīṣva mā moparotsīr ati mā sṛjainam //

> \[Death:\] 21. Even the gods had doubt as to this of yore! For truly, it is not easily to be understood. Subtile is this matter (dharma). Another boon, O Naciketas, choose! Press me not! Give up this one for me!  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.p28) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.21) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.49) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.22) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.21) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nyāyarakṣāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.nyayaraksamani.110.1.2) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit

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