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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.27

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.27)

na vittena tarpaṇīyo manuṣyo lapsyāmahe vittam adrākṣma cet tvā /  
jīviṣyāmo yāvad īśiṣyasi tvaṃ varas tu me varaṇīyaḥ sa eva //

> 27. Not with wealth is a man to be satisfied.  
> Shall we take wealth, if we have seen thee ?  
> Shall we live so long as thou shalt rule ?  
> —This, in truth, is the boon to be chosen by 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.p35) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.27) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.66) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.28) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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