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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.13

Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.13)

etac chrutvā saṃparigṛhya martyaḥ pravṛhya dharmyam aṇum etam āpya /  
sa modate modanīyaṃ hi labdhvā vivṛtaṃ sadma naciketasaṃ manye //

> 13. When a mortal has heard this and fully comprehended,  
> Has torn off what is concerned with the right (dharmya), and has taken Him as the subtile,  
> Then he rejoices, for indeed he has obtained what is to be rejoiced in.  
> I regard Naciketas a dwelling open \[for Ātman \].  
> — 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.p22) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.99) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.23) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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