[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) › 2.5 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.5 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.5) sa vā eṣa sūkṣmo'grāhyo'dṛśyaḥ puruṣasaṃjñako buddhipūrvamihaivāvartateṃ'śena suṣuptasyaiva buddhipūrvaṃ nibodhayatyatha yoha khalu vāvāitasyāṃśo'yaṃ yaścetanamātraḥ pratipūruṣaṃ kṣetrajñaḥ saṅkalpādhyavasāyābhimānaliṅgaḥ prajāpatirviśvakṣastena cetanenedaṃ śarīraṃ cetanavatpratiṣṭhāpitaṃ pracodayitā caiṣo'syeti te hocurbhagavannīdṛśasya kathamaṃśena vartanamiti tānhovāca || > 5. “Verily, that subtile, ungraspable, invisible one, called the Person, turns in here \[in the body\] with a part \[of himself\] without there being any previous awareness, even as the awakening of a sleeper takes place without there being any previous awareness. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Now, assuredly, indeed, that part of Him is what the intelligence-mass here in every person is—the spirit (\_kṣetrajña\_, ‘knower-of-the-body’) which has the marks of conception, determination, and self-conceit (\_abhimāna\_), Prajāpati (Lord of Creation) under the name of individuality. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > By Him, as intelligence, this body is set up in possession of intelligence; or, in other words, this very one is its driver.” > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Then they said: “Sir, if by this kind of indifferent being this kind of body is set up in possession of intelligence, still how, in other words, 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: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.6) - [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.p17) — 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.2.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.2.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha) — Rāmatīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.279.5) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.33.5) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (6) - [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c21.s5.3) — Dasgupta 1922, English - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v2.c24.s24.14) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t3.27) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c11.s2.t2.4) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [Elements of Buddhist Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1935.c6.92) — Coomaraswamy 1935, English - [The Sāṃkhya System: A History of the Sāṃkhya Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1918.c5.14) — Keith 1918, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.5) · Pramāṇa