[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) › 2.1 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.1 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.1) anyac chreyo 'nyad utaiva preyas te ubhe nānārthe puruṣaṃ sinītaḥ / tayoḥ śreya ādadānasya sādhu bhavati hīyate 'rthād ya u preyo vṛṇīte // > 1. The better (śreyas) is one thing, and the pleasanter (preyas) quite another. > Both these, of different aim, bind a person. > Of these two, well is it for him who takes the better; > He fails of his aim who chooses the pleasanter. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.1.29.p1) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.2) - [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.p3) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.73) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.1) · Pramāṇa