[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) › 2.2 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.2 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.2) ya eṣo bāhyāvaṣṭambhanenordhvamutkrānto vyathamāno'vyathamānastamaḥ praṇudatyeṣa ātmetyāha bhagavānatha ya eṣa samprasādo'smāñcharīrātsamutthāya paraṃ jyotirupasampadya svena rūpeṇābhiniṣpadyata eṣa ātmeti hovācaitadamṛtamabhayametadbrahmeti || > 2. ‘Now, he who, without stopping the respiration, goes aloft and who, moving about, yet unmoving, dispels darkness—he is the Soul (Ātman). Thus said the honorable Maitri. For thus has it been said : “Now, that serene one who, rising up out of this body, reaches the highest light and appears with his own form—he is the Soul (Ātman),” said he. “That is the immortal, the fearless. That is Brahma.” > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.3) - [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.p7) — 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.2.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.2.2) — 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 (5) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_68) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.279.2) — Sanskrit - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c24.1) — Govind Chandra Pande, English - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.33.2) — Sanskrit - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s4.t3.15) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.2) · Pramāṇa