[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) › 2.2 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.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. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.3) - [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.p4) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.77) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.2) · Pramāṇa