[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) › 2.23 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.23 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.23) nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena / yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṃ svām // > 23. This Soul (Ātman) is not to be obtained by instruction, > Nor by intellect, nor by much learning. > He is to be obtained only by the one whom He chooses; > To such a one that Soul (Ātman) reveals his own person (\_tanūṁ svām\_). > 24. Not he who has not ceased from bad conduct, > Not he who is not tranquil, not he who is not composed, > Not he who is not of peaceful mind > Can obtain Him by intelligence (\_prajñā\_). > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.22) - [Next: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.24) - [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.p36) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.121) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.23-2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.23) · Pramāṇa