[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) › [Katha Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha) › 3.2 # Katha Upanishad 3.2 Kaṭhopaniṣad 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.2) yaḥ setur ījānānām akṣaraṃ brahma yat param / abhayaṃ titīrṣatāṃ pāraṃ nāciketaṃ śakemahi // > We have known that Nāciketa Fire, which is the bridge for the sacrificers, as also that which is the undecaying supreme Brahman beyond fear for those who want to cross over (the world). > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3) ## Translations (3) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-gambhirananda.3.2) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-nikhilananda.3.2) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.3.p4) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.131) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.3.p25) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.3.2) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (5) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v2.c24.s27.92) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s4.10) — Keith 1925, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.252) — Pande 1957, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c7.s2.t4.16) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s1.t2.11) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.2) · Pramāṇa