[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) › 1.5 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.5 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.5) bahūnām emi prathamo bahūnām emi madhyamaḥ / kiṃ svid yamasya kartavyaṃ yan mayādya kariṣyati // > 5. Of many I go as the first. Of many I go as an intermediate. What, pray, has Yama (Death) to be done That he will do with me today? > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.4) - [Next: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.6) - [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.p8) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.14) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.5) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.6.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.5) · Pramāṇa