[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) › 2.5 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.5 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.5) avidyāyām antare vartamānāḥ svayaṃ dhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃ manyamānāḥ / dandramyamāṇāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ // > 5. Those abiding in the midst of ignorance, > Self-wise, thinking themselves learned, > Running hither and thither, go around deluded, > Like blind men led by one who is himself blind. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.6) - [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.p7) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-muller.2.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.83) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.5) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śivatattvaratnakālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.sivatattvaratnakalika.5.121-2) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1585, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.5) · Pramāṇa