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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.9

Kaṭhopaniṣad 1.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.9)

tisro rātrīr yad avatsīr gṛhe me anaśnan brahmann atithir namasyaḥ /  
namas te 'stu brahman svasti me 'stu tasmāt prati trīn varān vṛṇīṣva //

> 9. Since for three nights thou hast abode in my house  
> Without eating, O Brahman (\_brahman\_), a guest to be reverenced,  
> Reverence be to thee, O Brahman ! Well-being (\_svasti\_) be to me !  
> Therefore in return choose three boons !  
> — 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.p16) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.1.1.9) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.23) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.1.2.9) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

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