KaU 1.2.4 — Kaṭha Upaniṣad

KaU 1.2.4

दूरमेते विपरीते विषूची अविद्या या च विद्येति ज्ञाता । विद्याभीप्सिनं नचिकेतसं मन्ये न त्वा कामा बहवोऽलोलुपन्त

dūram ete viparīte viṣūcī avidyā yā ca vidyeti jñātā / vidyābhīpsinaṃ naciketasaṃ manye na tvā kāmā bahavo 'lolupanta

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Wide apart are these two,--ignorance and what is known as wisdom, leading in opposite directions. I believe Nachiketas to be one who longs for wisdom, since many tempting objects have not turned thee aside.

Translated by Swami Paramananda

Wide apart and leading to different points are these two, ignorance, and what is known as wisdom. I believe Nakiketas to be one who desires knowledge, for even many pleasures did not tear thee away.

Translated by F. Max Müller

← KaU 1.2.3Ask about this verse KaU 1.2.5 →

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Cite as: Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.4, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/KaU/1.2.4), after Project Gutenberg #3283, Swami Paramananda, The Upanishads (1919).

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Project Gutenberg #3283 — Swami Paramananda, The Upanishads (1919) | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_ | IAST: GRETIL 1_veda/4_upa/kathop_u.htm — Katha-Upanisad Based on Olivelle, Patrick: The Early Upaniṣads. Annotated Text and Translation. New York : 1998, pp. 374-402. Input and proofreading by the Vienna University Student Team (SoSe 2016) [GRETIL-Version vom 09.11.2016] STRUCTURE OF REFERENCES: KaU_

Public domain (Paramananda d. 1940; Project Gutenberg). Devanagari: Sanskrit Wikisource (public-domain text). | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. English: F. Max Müller (SBE, public domain). | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST. | Sanskrit (IAST) from GRETIL (SUB Göttingen), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — non-commercial use with attribution; the Companion is kept free while this corpus is held. Devanagari generated mechanically from GRETIL's IAST.

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