[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) › [Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri) › 1.1 # Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 1.1 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 1.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.1) maitrāyaṇī kauṣitakī bṛhajjābālatāpanī | kālāgnirudramaitreyī subālakṣuramantrikā | oṃ bṛhadratho ha vai nāma rājā rājye jyeṣṭhaṃ putraṃ nidhāpayitvedamaśāśvataṃ manyamānaḥ śārīraṃ vairāgyamupeto'raṇyaṃ nirjagāma sa tatra paramaṃ tapa āsthāyādityamīkṣamāṇa ūrdhvabāhustiṣṭhatyante sahasrasya munirantikamājagāmāgnirivādhūmakastejasā nirdahannivātmavidbhagavāñchākāyanya uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha varaṃ vṛṇīśveti rājānamabravītsa tasmai namaskṛtyovāca bhagavannāhamātmavittvaṃ tattvavicchṛṇumo vayaṃ sa tvaṃ no brūhītyetadvṛtaṃ purastādaśakyaṃ mā pṛccha praśnamaikṣvākānyānkāmānvṛṇīśveti śākāyanyasya caraṇavabhimṛśyamāno rājemāṃ gāthāṃ jagāda || > 2. Verily, a king, Bṛihadratha by name, after having established his son in the kingdom, reflecting that this body is non-eternal, reached the state of indifference towards the world (\_vairāgya\_), and went forth into the forest. There he stood, performing extreme austerity, keeping his arms erect, looking up at the sun. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > At the end of a thousand \[days\] there came into the presence of the ascetic, the honorable knower of the Soul (Ātman), Śākāyanya, like a smokeless fire, burning as it were with glow. ‘Arise! Arise! Choose a boon!’ said he to the king. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > He did obeisance to him and said: ‘Sir, I am no knower of the Soul (Ātman). You are one who knows its true nature, we have heard. So, do you tell us.’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > ‘Such things used to occur! Very difficult \[to answer\] is > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > this question! Aikshvāka, choose other desires!’ said Śākāyanya. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > With his head touching that one’s feet, the king uttered this speech:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.p5) - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-hume.1.p4) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15): Maitrâyaṇa-brâhmaṇa-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-muller.1.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha) — Rāmatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.1.1-4.p3) — Sanskrit - [Maitreyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.maitreya.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Maitreyyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.maitreyyupanisad.1.1) — Sanskrit - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s4.12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.32.1) — Sanskrit - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s1.t2.14) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English - [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.84) — J. C. Heesterman, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.1) · Pramāṇa