[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) › 2.21 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.21 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.21) āsīno dūraṃ vrajati śayāno yāti sarvataḥ / kas taṃ madāmadaṃ devaṃ mad anyo jñātum arhati // > 21. Sitting, he proceeds afar; > Lying, he goes everywhere. > Who else than I (\_mad\_) is able to know > The god (\_deva\_) who rejoices and rejoices not (\_madāmada\_)? > 22. Him who is the bodiless among bodies, > Stable among the unstable, > The great, all-pervading Soul (Ātman)— > On recognizing Him, the wise man sorrows not. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.22) - [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.p34) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.117) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.21) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita.12.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.21) · Pramāṇa