[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) › 6.12 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 6.12 Kaṭhopaniṣad 6.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.12) naiva vācā na manasā prāptuṃ śakyo na cakṣuṣā / astīti bruvato 'nyatra kathaṃ tad upalabhyate // > 12. Not by speech, not by mind, Not by sight can He be apprehended. How can He be comprehended Otherwise than by one’s saying ‘He is’? 13. He can indeed be comprehended by the thought ‘He is’ (\_asti\_) And by \[admitting\] the real nature of both \[his comprehensibility and his incomprehensibility\]. When he has been comprehended by the thought ‘He is,’ His real nature manifests itself. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.11) - [Next: 6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.13) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.6.p13) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.6.2.11.p4) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.12) · Pramāṇa