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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.20

Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.20)

aṇor aṇīyān mahato mahīyān ātmāsya jantor nihito guhāyām /  
tam akratuḥ paśyati vītaśoko dhātuprasādān mahimānam ātmanaḥ //

> 20. More minute than the minute, greater than the great Is the Soul (Ātman) that is set in the heart of a creature here. One who is without the active will (\_a-kratu\_) beholds Him, and becomes freed from sorrow—  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

> When through the grace (\_prasāda\_) of the Creator (\_dhātṛ\_) he beholds the greatness of the Soul (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.p31) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.114) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.20) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita.12.8) — Sanskrit

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