[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) › 3.1 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 3.1 Kaṭhopaniṣad 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.1) ṛtaṃ pibantau sukṛtasya loke guhāṃ praviṣṭau parame parārdhe / chāyātapau brahmavido vadanti pañcāgnayo ye ca triṇāciketāḥ // > 1. There are two that drink of righteousness (\_ṛta\_) in the world of good deeds ; > Both are entered into the secret place \[of the heart\], and in the highest upper sphere. > Brahma-knowers speak of them as ‘light’ and ‘shade,’ > And so do householders who maintain the five sacrificial fires, and those too who perform the triple Naciketas-fire. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.25.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.2.25.p1) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.2) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.3.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.129) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.2.24-2.p72) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Maṇiprabhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!amaradasa.3.1) — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.3.1) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!tika) — Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.s1.69) — P. V. Kane, English - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s11.14) — S. Radhakrishnan, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v1.c17.s1.69) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jayatilleke-1963.c6.194) — K. N. Jayatilleke, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s2.t5.22) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English - [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c4.2) — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English - [Buddhist India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.economy.rhysdavids-1903.c17.46) — T. W. Rhys Davids, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.1) · Pramāṇa