[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) › 3.5 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 3.5 Kaṭhopaniṣad 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.5) yas tv avijñānavān bhavaty ayuktena manasā sadā / tasyendriyāṇy avaśyāni duṣṭāśvā iva sāratheḥ // > 7. He, however, who has not understanding, > Who is unmindful and ever impure, > Reaches not the goal, > But goes on to transmigration (saṃsāra). > 8. He, however, who has understanding, > Who is mindful and ever pure, > Reaches the goal > From which he is born no more. > 9. He, however, who has the understanding of a chariot-driver, > A man who reins in his mind— > He reaches the end of his journey, > That highest place of Vishṇu. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.6) - [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.p8) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.137) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.3.5) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Maṇiprabhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!amaradasa.3.5) — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.3.5) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!tika.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c7.s2.t4.39) — E. W. Hopkins, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.5) · Pramāṇa