[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) › 6.13 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 6.13 Kaṭhopaniṣad 6.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.13) astīty evopalabdhavyas tattvabhāvena cobhayoḥ / astīty evopalabdhasya tattvabhāvaḥ prasīdati // > 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: 6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.12) - [Next: 6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.14) - [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 (7) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.260) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.6.2.12.p3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Maṇiprabhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!amaradasa.6.14) — Amaradāsa, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankaracarya.6.13) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.13) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!tika.5.13) — Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!padapatha) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c10.s1.44) — S. Radhakrishnan, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s4.39) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.306) — Govind Chandra Pande, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s1.t4.63) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.13) · Pramāṇa