[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) › [Maitrayaniya Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri) › 1.4 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 1.4 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.4) sarvaṃ cedaṃ kṣayiṣṇu paśyāmo yatheme daṃśamaśakādayastṛṇavannaśyatayodbhūtapradhvaṃsinaḥ || > 4. And we see that this whole world is decaying, as these gnats, mosquitoes, and the like, the grass, and the trees that arise and perish. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.3) - [Next: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.5) - [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.p12) — 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.1.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.1.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha) — Rāmatīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_61) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.1.3.p1) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.278.4) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.32.4) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.38.4) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.1.4) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.t4.11) — Kane 1930, English - [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c8.102) — Pargiter 1922, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.4) · Pramāṇa