[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) › 4.2 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 4.2 Kaṭhopaniṣad 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.2) parācaḥ kāmān anuyanti bālās te mṛtyor yanti vitatasya pāśam / atha dhīrā amṛtatvaṃ viditvā dhruvam adhruveṣv iha na prārthayante // > 2. The childish go after outward pleasures; > They walk into the net of widespread death. > But the wise, knowing immortality, > Seek not the stable among things which are unstable here. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [4.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.2.p1) yena rūpaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ śabdān sparśīṃś ca maithunān / etenaiva vijānāti kim atra pariśiṣyate // > 3. That by which \[one discerns\] form, taste, smell, > Sound, and mutual touches— > It is with That indeed that one discerns. > What is there left over here! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ## Translations (1) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.4.p3) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (7) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.171) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.4.2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Maṇiprabhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!amaradasa.4.2) — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.4.2) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!tika.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (13) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_121) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.11.2) — Sanskrit - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c10.s1.42) — S. Radhakrishnan, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.269) — Govind Chandra Pande, English - [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.mantrapuspa.72.2) — Sanskrit - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t1.2) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.7.2) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.14.2) — Sanskrit - [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.9.2) — Sanskrit - [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.7.2) — Sanskrit - [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.8.2) — Sanskrit - [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.7.2) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.7.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.2) · Pramāṇa