[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) › 2.17 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.17 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.17) etad ālambanaṃ śreṣṭham etad ālambanaṃ param / etad ālambanaṃ jñātvā brahmaloke mahīyate // - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2) ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.107) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.17) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita.12.5) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnakālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.sivatattvaratnakalika.7.123-2.2) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1585, Sanskrit - [Viṣayavākyadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.visayavakyadipika.18.3.4) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.17) · Pramāṇa