[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) › 2.9 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.9 Kaṭhopaniṣad 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.9) naiṣā tarkeṇa matir āpaneyā proktānyenaiva sujñānāya preṣṭha / yāṃ tvam āpaḥ satyadhṛtir batāsi tvādṛṅ no bhūyān naciketaḥ preṣṭā // > 9. Not by reasoning (\_tarka\_) is this thought (\_mati\_) to be attained. > Proclaimed by another, indeed, it is for easy understanding, > dearest friend (\_preṣṭha\_)!— > This which thou hast attained! Ah, thou art of true stead- > fastness! > May there be for us a questioner (\_praṣṭā\_) the like of thee, > O Naciketas! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.10) - [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.p13) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.91) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.9) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.alankaramanihara.1.26.755_112) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit - [Viṣayavākyadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.visayavakyadipika.18.3.3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.9) · Pramāṇa