[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) › 2.12 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.12 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.12) taṃ durdarśaṃ gūḍham anupraviṣṭaṃ guhāhitaṃ gahvareṣṭhaṃ purāṇam / adhyātmayogādhigamena devaṃ matvā dhīro harṣaśokau jahāti // > 12. Him who is hard to see, entered into the hidden, > Set in the secret place \[of the heart\], dwelling in the depth, primeval— > By considering him as God, through the Yoga-study of what pertains to self, > The wise man leaves joy and sorrow behind. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.2.p20) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.97) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.12) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.12) · Pramāṇa