Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2
Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.2
śreyaś ca preyaś ca manuṣyam etas tau saṃparītya vivinakti dhīraḥ /
śreyo hi dhīro 'bhi preyaso vṛṇīte preyo mando yogakṣemād vṛṇīte //
2. Both the better and the pleasanter come to a man.
Going all around the two, the wise man discriminates.
The wise man chooses the better, indeed, rather than the pleasanter.
The stupid man, from getting-and-keeping (yoga-kṣema), chooses the pleasanter.
Translations (1)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (3)
- Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit