[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) › 4.8 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 4.8 Kaṭhopaniṣad 4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.8) araṇyor nihito jātavedā garbha iva subhṛto garbhiṇībhiḥ / divediva īḍyo jāgṛvadbhir haviṣmadbhir manuṣyebhir agniḥ // etad vai tat // > The sacrificial Fire lodged in two fire producing pieces of wood, (as also the Fire lodged in the hearts of Yogis) that is well protected, just as much as the foetus is by pregnant women, and the Fire that is adorable every day by vigilant men with oblation (and contemplation)—that Fire too is but this Brahman. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.7) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.9) - [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.4.8) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-nikhilananda.4.8) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.4.p15) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.183) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.4.8) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!raghavendra-tirtha.p169) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.379) — Pande 1957, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c6.s26.t7.5) — Hopkins 1901, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.4.8) · Pramāṇa