<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29 -->

[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) › 1.29

# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.29

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29)

yasminn idaṃ vicikitsanti mṛtyo yat sāmparāye mahati brūhi nas tat /  
yo 'yaṃ varo gūḍham anupraviṣṭo nānyaṃ tasmān naciketā vṛṇīte //

> 29. This thing whereon they doubt, O Death :  
> What there is in the great passing-on—tell us that !  
> This boon, that has entered into the hidden—  
> No other than that does Naciketas choose.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [1.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29.p1)

// iti prathamā vallī //

## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.p37) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.29) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.70) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.30.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.alankaramanihara.1.26.755_111) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29) · Pramāṇa
