[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) › 1.6 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.6 Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.6) anupaśya yathā pūrve pratipaśya tathāpare / sasyam iva martyaḥ pacyate sasyam ivājāyate punaḥ // > 6. Look forward, how \[fared\] the former ones. Look backward; so \[will\] the after ones. Like grain a mortal ripens! Like grain he is born hither (\_ā-jāyate\_) again! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.7) - [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.p9) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.15) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.6) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.6) · Pramāṇa