[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) › 3.9 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 3.9 Kaṭhopaniṣad 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.9) vijñānasārathir yas tu manaḥ pragrahavān naraḥ / so 'dhvanaḥ pāram āpnoti tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam // > 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: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.10) - [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.145) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.3.9) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Maṇiprabhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!amaradasa.3.9) — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.3.9) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!tika.2.8) — Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.shukla-1960.v2.c75.s1.69) — D. N. Shukla, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c18.256) — Govind Chandra Pande, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s7.36) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c12.s4.56) — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English - [Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism and Minor Religious Systems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bhandarkar-1913.v1.c4.s8.2) — R. G. Bhandarkar, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.3.9) · Pramāṇa