Katha Upanishad — Chapter 2: Adhyaya 1, Valli 2: The Choice Between Good and Pleasant
8 verses
Verse 1
The good is one thing; the pleasant is quite another. Both, having different ends, bind a person. It goes well for him who chooses the good; he who c…
Verse 2
The good and the pleasant approach a person. The wise one, examining both, distinguishes them. The wise one chooses the good over the pleasant; the f…
Verse 3
You, Nachiketa, having pondered over pleasures that are pleasant and seem pleasant, have rejected them. You have not taken the chain of wealth in whi…
Verse 4
Wide apart and leading to different ends are these two — ignorance and what is known as knowledge. I consider Nachiketa as one desirous of knowledge,…
Verse 5
Dwelling in the midst of ignorance, yet thinking themselves wise and learned, the deluded go round and round, staggering like blind men led by the bl…