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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.11

Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.11)

kāmasya āptiṃ jagataḥ pratiṣṭhāṃ krator anantyam abhayasya pāram /  
stomamahad urugāyaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ dṛṣṭvā dhṛtyā dhīro naciketo 'tyasrākṣīḥ //

> 11. The obtainment of desire, the foundation of the world (\_jagat\_),  
> The endlessness of will, the safe shore of fearlessness,  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

> The greatness of praise, the wide extent, the foundation (having seen ), Thou, O Naciketas, a wise one, hast with steadfastness let \[these\] go!  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (1)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.2.p18) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.95) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.11) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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