[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) › 1.26 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.26 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.26) śvobhāvā martyasya yad antakaitat sarvendriyāṇāṃ jarayanti tejaḥ / api sarvaṃ jīvitam alpam eva tavaiva vāhās tava nṛtyagīte // > \[Naciketas :\] 26. Ephemeral things ! That which is a mortal’s, O End-maker, Even the vigor (\*tejas\*) of all the powers, they wear away. Even a whole life is slight indeed. Thine be the vehicles (\*vāha\*) ! Thine be the dance and song ! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.25) - [Next: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.27) - [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.p34) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.26) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.62) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.27) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.26) · Pramāṇa