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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.25

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.25)

ye ye kāmā durlabhā martyaloke sarvān kāmāṃś chandataḥ prārthayasva /  
imā rāmāḥ sarathāḥ satūryā na hīdṛśā lambhanīyā manuṣyaiḥ /  
ābhir matprattābhiḥ paricārayasva naciketo maraṇaṃ mānuprākṣīḥ //

> 25. Whate’er desires are hard to get in mortal world—  
> For all desires at pleasure make request.  
> These lovely maidens with chariots, with lyres—  
> Such \[maidens\], indeed, are not obtainable by men—  
> By these, from me bestowed, be waited on !  
> O Naciketas, question me not regarding dying (\*maraṇa\*) !  
> — 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.p33) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.25) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.61) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.26.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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