[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) › 2.1 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.1 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.1) atha bhagavāñchākāyanyaḥ suprīto'bravīdrājānaṃ mahārāja bṛhadrathekṣvākuvaṃśadhvajaśīrṣātmajaḥ kṛtakṛtyastvaṃ marunnāmno viśruto'sītyayaṃ vā va khalvātmā te katamo bhagavānvarṇya iti taṃ hovāca iti || > 1. Then the honorable Śākāyanya, well pleased, said to the king: ‘Great king Bṛihadratha, banner of the family of Ikshvāku, speedily will you who are renowned as “Swift Wind” (Marut) attain your purpose and become a knower of the Soul (Ātman)! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > This one, assuredly, indeed, is your own self (\*ātman\*).’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > ‘Which one is it, Sir?’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Then he said to him:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.c](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.1.c) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-hume.2.p2) — 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.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.2.p1) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.2.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v4.c15.s1.t12.174) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.140) — Ranade 1926, English - [Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.coomaraswamy-1942.c2.s1.212) — Coomaraswamy 1942, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.1) · Pramāṇa