[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) › 2.4 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.4 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.4) yo ha khalu vācoparisthaḥ śrūyate sa eva vā eṣa śuddhaḥ pūtaḥ śūnyaḥ śānto prāṇo'nīśatmā'nanto'kṣayyaḥ sthiraḥ śāśvato'jaḥ svatantraḥ sve mahimni tiṣṭhatyanenedaṃ śarīraṃ cetanavatpratiṣṭhāpitaṃ pracodayitā caiṣo'syeti te hocurbhagavankathamanenedṛśenānicchenaitadvidhamidaṃ cetanavatpratiṣṭhāpitaṃ pracodayitā caiṣo'syeti kathamiti tānhovāca || > 4. “He, assuredly, indeed, who is reputed as standing aloof, like those who, among qualities, abstain from intercourse with them—He, verily, is pure, clean, void, tranquil, breathless, selfless, endless, undecaying, steadfast, eternal, unborn, independent. He abides in his own greatness. By him this body is set up in possession of intelligence; or, in other words, this very one, verily, is its driver.” > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Then they said: “Sir, how by this kind of indifferent being is this sort of thing set up in possession of intelligence? Or, in other words, how is this one its driver?” > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Then he said to them:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.3) - [Next: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.5) - [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.p13) — 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.2.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.2.4) — 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 (2) - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.279.4) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.33.4) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s9.14) — Keith 1925, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c24.4) — Pande 1957, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.4) · Pramāṇa