[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) › 2.3 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.3 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.3) sa tvaṃ priyān priyarūpāṃś ca kāmān abhidhyāyan naciketo 'tyasrākṣīḥ / naitāṃ sṛṅkāṃ vittamayīm avāpto yasyāṃ majjanti bahavo manuṣyāḥ // > 3. Thou indeed, upon the pleasant and pleasantly appearing desires > Meditating, hast let them go, O Naciketas. > Thou art not one who has taken that garland of wealth > In which many men sink down. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.4) - [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.p5) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.79) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha.2.3) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣayavākyadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.visayavakyadipika.18.3.2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.3) · Pramāṇa