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# Kaṭha Upaniṣad 5.14

Kaṭhopaniṣad 5.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.14)

tad etad iti manyante 'nirdeśyaṃ paramaṃ sukham /  
kathaṃ nu tad vijānīyāṃ kim u bhāti vibhāti vā //

> The wise who perceive Him as standing in oneself, They, and no others, have eternal peace! 14. ‘This is it!’—thus they recognize The highest, indescribable happiness. How, now, shall I understand ‘this’? Does it shine \[of itself\] or does it shine in reflection?  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (1)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.5.p17) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.230) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.5.14.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit

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