[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) › 1.2 # Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 1.2 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.2) bhagavannasthicarmasnāyumajjāmāṃsaśukraśoṇitaśleṣmāśrudū ṣite viṇmūtravātapittakaphasaṅghāte durgandhe niḥsāre'smiñcharīre kiṃ kāmopabhogaiḥ || > 3. ‘Sir, in this ill-smelling, unsubstantial body, which is a conglomerate of bone, skin, muscle, marrow, flesh, semen, blood, mucus, tears, rheum, feces, urine, wind, bile, and phlegm, what is the good of enjoyment of desires? In this body, which is afflicted with desire, anger, covetousness, delusion, fear, despondency, envy, separation from the desirable, union with the undesirable, hunger, thirst, senility, death, disease, sorrow, and the like, what is the good of enjoyment of desires? > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.3) - [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.p11) — 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.1.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.1.p8) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, 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 (11) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_59) — Sanskrit - [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v1.c36.s1.5) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English - [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905.v1.c8.s9.61) — M. Winternitz, German - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.278.2) — Sanskrit - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s12.45) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.32.2) — Sanskrit - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s6.30) — Radhakumud Mookerji, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c12.s3.t2.57) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English - [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.olivelle-1992.c5.s2.t5.15) — Patrick Olivelle, English - [Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pischel-1900.c4.s1.11) — R. Pischel, German - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.139) — R. D. Ranade, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.2) · Pramāṇa