[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) › 5.15.p2 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 5.15.p2 Kaṭhopaniṣad 5.15.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.15.p2) ūrdhvamūlo avākśākha eṣo 'śvatthaḥ sanātanaḥ / tad eva śukraṃ tad brahma tad evāmṛtam ucyate / tasmiṃl lokāḥ śritāḥ sarve tad u nātyeti kaścana // > 1. Its root is above, its branches below— This eternal fig-tree! That (root) indeed is the Pure. That is Brahma. That indeed is called the Immortal. On it all the worlds do rest, And no one soever goes beyond it. This, verily, is That! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 5.15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.15.p1) - [Next: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.1) - [Up: 5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.15) ## Translations (1) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.6.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.235) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.6.1.p6) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Śrībhāṣya (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!ramanuja*complete.10.3.2-9) — Sanskrit - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita.12.46) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.5.15.p2) · Pramāṇa