[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) › 1.23 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.23 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.23) śatāyuṣaḥ putrapautrān vṛṇīṣva bahūn paśūn hastihiraṇyam aśvān / bhūmer mahad āyatanaṃ vṛṇīṣva svayaṃ ca jīva śarado yāvad icchasi // > \[Death :\] 23. Choose centenarian sons and grandsons, Many cattle, elephants, gold, and horses. Choose a great abode of earth. And thyself live as many autumns as thou desirest. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.22) - [Next: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.24) - [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.p31) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.23) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.55) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.24) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyarakṣāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.nyayaraksamani.110.1.3) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.23) · Pramāṇa