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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.22

Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.22)

aśarīraṃ śarīreṣu anavastheṣv avasthitam /  
mahāntaṃ vibhum ātmānaṃ matvā dhīro na śocati //

> 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

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## 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.119) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.22-2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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