[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) › 2.3 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.3 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.3) atha khalviyaṃ brahmavidyā sarvopaniṣadvidyā vā rājannasmākaṃ bhagavatā maitreyeṇa vyākhyātāhaṃ te kathayiṣyāmītyathāpahatapāpmānastigmatejasa ūrdhvaretaso vālakhilyā iti śruyante'thaite prajāpatimabruvanbhagavañśakaṭamivācetanamidaṃ śarīraṃ kasyaiṣa khalvīdṛśo mahimātīndriyabhūtasya yenaitadvidhamidaṃ cetanavatpratiṣṭhāpitaṃ pracodayitāsya ko bhagavannetadasmākaṃ brūhīti tānhovāca || > 3. Now, indeed, O king, this is the Brahma-knowledge, even the knowledge contained in all the Upanishads, as declared to us by the honorable Maitri. I will narrate it to you. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Now, the Vālakhilyas are reputed as free from evil, of resplendent glory, living in chastity. Now, they said to Kratu Prajāpati : “Sir, this body is like a cart without intelligence (\*a-cetana\*). To what supersensuous being, forsooth, belongs such power whereby this sort of thing is set up in the > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > possession of this sort of intelligence? Or, in other words, who is its driver? Sir, tell us what you know!” > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Then he said to them:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.2) - [Next: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.4) - [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.p9) — 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.2.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.2.3) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.2.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (14) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_69) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.2.2.p1) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.279.3) — Sanskrit - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s7.t3.26) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.eliot-1921.v2.c42.74) — Charles Eliot, English - [Early Monastic Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dutt-1941.v1.c8.s3.21) — Nalinaksha Dutt, English - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.33.3) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani*satavalekara1941.368.3-2) — Sanskrit - [An Outline of the Religious Literature of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.farquhar-1920.c8.s1.t1.4) — J. N. Farquhar, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t3.6) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c6.s2.15) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.140) — R. D. Ranade, English - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.39.3) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.1.3-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.3) · Pramāṇa