[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) › 2.8 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.8 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.8) na nareṇāvareṇa prokta eṣa suvijñeyo bahudhā cintyamānaḥ / ananyaprokte gatir atra nāsty aṇīyān hy atarkyam aṇupramāṇāt // > 8. Not, when proclaimed by an inferior man, is He > To be well understood, \[though\] being manifoldly considered. > Unless declared by another, there is no going thither; > For He is inconceivably more subtile than what is of subtile > measure. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.9) - [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.p12) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.89) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.8) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.8) · Pramāṇa