Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 3.1.1

3.1.1

atha tṛtīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ | nityaśuddha evātmā triguṇopādhipraviṣṭa ṛtabhuk saṃsārītyuktamupaśrutyaitadasaṃbhāvayanto vālakhilyāḥ papracchurityāha | te hocu 0 paribhramati” iti | te vālakhilyāḥ ha kila ūcuḥ, kiṃ, he bhagavan ! yadyevamasyātmano mahimānaṃ tvaṃ sūcayasi nityaśuddha ityādikaṃ tarhyevaṃvidhasya ṛtabhuktāsambhavādanyo vāsmāt paro vilakṣaṇaḥ vāśabdaḥ sambhāvanāyām | tameva praśnapūrvakaṃ viśadayati, koyamātmākhya iti | jīvākhya ityarthaḥ | yo'yaṃ prasiddho'hamasmīti sitādikarmaphalairabhibhūyamānaḥ lipyamānaḥ, sadyonirbrāhmaṇādiyoniḥ asadyoniḥ śvaśūkarādiyoniḥ tāmāpadyate ātmalenābhipadyate ityevaṃprakāreṇāvāṃcā avācī ūrddhā vā tattajjanmakarmānurūpā gatiḥ phalaprāptiryato'to dvandvaiḥ śītoṣṇamānāpamānasukhaduḥkhādibhirabhibhūyamānaḥ paribhramatīti prasiddhaṃ śāstrānubhavasāriṇāmityarthaḥ | ataekasya(2) viruddhadharmasaṃsargavirodhādanyo vā kasmāt saṃsāryātmā na bhavediti manyāmaha ityabhiprāyaḥ |