[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) › 4.3 # Katha Upanishad 4.3 Kaṭhopaniṣad 4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.3) yena rūpaṃ rasaṃ gandhaṃ śabdān sparśīṃś ca maithunān / etenaiva vijānāti kim atra pariśiṣyate // etad vai tat // > What remains here (unknowable to this Self) through which very Self people perceive colour, taste, smell, sound, touch, and sexual pleasures? This is that (Self asked for by Naciketā). > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.2) - [Next: 4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.4) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4) ## Translations (3) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-gambhirananda.4.3) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-nikhilananda.4.3) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.4.p5) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.173) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.4.3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.4.3) — 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 (4) - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s6.4) — Keith 1925, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.303) — Pande 1957, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s4.t3.14) — Deussen & Geden 1899, 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) — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.3) · Pramāṇa