[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) › 1.28 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.28 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.28) ajīryatām amṛtānām upetya jīryan martyaḥ kvadhaḥsthaḥ prajānan / abhidhyāyan varṇaratipramodān atidīrghe jīvite ko rameta // > 28. When one has come into the presence of undecaying immortals, > What decaying mortal here below that understands, > That meditates upon the pleasures of beauty and delight, > Would delight in a life over-long ? > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.27) - [Next: 1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29) - [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.p36) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.28) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.68) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.29) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.28) · Pramāṇa