Europe. In popular culture A verse in the Upanishad inspired the title and the epigraph of W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel The Razor’s Edge, later adapted, twice, into films of the same title (see articles on 1946 and 1984 films). The epigraph reads, "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." taken from a verse in the Katha-Upanishad – 1.3.14. Maugham had visited India in 1938 and met Ramana Maharishi at his ashram in Tamil Nadu. Filmmaker Ashish Avikunthak made a film based on this Upanishad called “Katho Upanishad” which was first shown as a video installation at Gallery Chatterjee & Lal in Mumbai in 2012. Roger Zelazny included a quote from the Katha Upanishad as dialogue between two characters in his novel, Lord of Light. An English poetry version of Katha Upanishad by B. P. Khattri is available online and can be accessed at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343788311_Kathopnishad . The stanzas directly align with those in the Gita Press version of Katha Upnishad. See also Chariot Allegory Notes References Sources Further reading Deutsch, Eliot & Rohit Dalvi (Editors) (2004). The Essential Vedānta: A New Source Book of Advaita Vedānta. Bloomington, Indiana, USA: World Wisdom, Sarvananda, Swami (1987). Kathopanisad (14th ed.). Madras, India: Sri Ramakrishna Math. (Including original verses, constructed text, and word-by-word translations). Radhakrishnan, S. (1994). The Principal Upanishads (see article). New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India. (translation and commentary on Katha Upanishad is in pp. 593–648) (original publication, 1953). External links Translations Multiple translations (Raja Ram Mohun Roy, Charles Johnston, Swāmi Nikhilānanda) Katha Upanishad in The Thirteen Principal Upanishads, Robert Hume (Translation with some creative recomposition) Katha Upanishad Translated by Sanderson Beck, in Wisdom of China and India Translation and commentary by Swami Paramananda The Katha Upanishad with Shankara’s Commentary Translated by S. Sitarama Sastri, online ebook Text Kāṭha-Upaniṣad edited by Marcos Albino, Erlangen 1996; Transliterated TITUS version by Jost Gippert Recitation Katha Upanishad recited by Pt. Ganesh Vidyalankar First from Compilation of Seven Discourses translating Sanskrit to English via mp3 audio Recitation by Swami Atmajnananda Resources Video/Audio classes, Reference texts, Discussions and other Study material on Katha Upanishad at Vedanta Hub Upanishads