[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) › 6.5 # Kaṭha Upaniṣad 6.5 Kaṭhopaniṣad 6.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.5) yathādarśe tathātmani yathā svapne tathā pitṛloke / yathāpsu parīva dadṛśe tathā gandharvaloke chāyātapayor iva brahmaloke // > 4. If one has been able to perceive \[Him\] here on earth > Before the dissolution of the body, > According to that \[knowledge\] he becomes fitted > For embodiment in the world-creations. > 5. As in a mirror, so is it seen in the body (ātman); > As in a dream, so in the world of the fathers; > As if in water, so in the world of the Gandharvas (genii); > As if in light and shade, so in the world of Brahma. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.4) - [Next: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.6) - [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.p6) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Kaṭhopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!sankara.244) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Kaṭhaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha!rangaramanuja.6.1.4-2.p3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.katha.6.5) · Pramāṇa