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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.7

Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.7)

śravaṇāyāpi bahubhir yo na labhyaḥ śṛṇvanto 'pi bahavo yaṃ na vidyuḥ /  
āścaryo vaktā kuśalo 'sya labdhā āścaryo jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ //

> 7. He who by many is not obtainable even to hear of,  
> He whom many, even when hearing, know not—  
> Wonderful is the declarer, proficient the obtainer of Him!  
> Wonderful the knower, proficiently taught!  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (1)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.2.p11) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.87) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.7) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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