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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.24

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.24)

etat tulyaṃ yadi manyase varaṃ vṛṇīṣva vittaṃ cirajīvikāṃ ca /  
mahābhūmau naciketas tvam edhi kāmānāṃ tvā kāmabhājaṃ karomi //

> 24. This, if thou thinkest an equal boon,  
> Choose—wealth and long life !  
> A great one on earth, O Naciketas, be thou.  
> The enjoyer of thy desires I make thee.  
> — 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.p32) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.24) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.59) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.25.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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