[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) › 6.2-3 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 6.2-3 Kaṭhopaniṣad 6.2-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.2) yad idaṃ kiṃca jagat sarvaṃ prāṇa ejati niḥsṛtam / mahad bhayaṃ vajram udyataṃ ya etad vidur amṛtās te bhavanti // > 2. This whole world, whatever there is, > Was created from and moves in Life (prāṇa). > The great fear, the upraised thunderbolt— > They who know That, become immortal. > 3. From fear of Him fire (Agni) doth burn. > From fear the sun (Sūrya) gives forth heat. > From fear both Indra and Wind (Vāyu), > And Death (Mṛityu) as fifth, do speed along. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.3) bhayād asyāgnis tapati bhayāt tapati sūryaḥ / bhayād indraś ca vāyuś ca mṛtyur dhāvati pañcamaḥ // ## Translations (1) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha~en-hume.1.6.p4) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.239) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.6.1.1-2.p3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [With Śaṅkara's bhāṣya (Sansknet input)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara!ratnaprabha*withbhasya.1.186.4) — Sanskrit - [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.alankaramanihara.4.11.2357_152) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita.12.48) — Sanskrit - [Viṣayavākyadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.vadakalai.visayavakyadipika.18.13.3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1550, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.2-3) · Pramāṇa