[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) › 2.4 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.4 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.4) dūram ete viparīte viṣūcī avidyā yā ca vidyeti jñātā / vidyābhīpsinaṃ naciketasaṃ manye na tvā kāmā bahavo 'lolupanta // > 4. Widely opposite and asunder are these two : > Ignorance (avidyā) and what is known as 'knowledge' (vidyā). > I think Naciketas desirous of obtaining knowledge! > Many desires rend thee not. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.5) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.2.p6) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.2.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.81) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.4) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.4) · Pramāṇa