[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) › 2.6 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.6 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.6) prajāpatirvā eṣo'gre'tiṣṭhatsa nāramataikaḥ sa ātmanamabhidhyāyadbavhīḥ prajā asṛjatta asyaivātmaprabuddhā aprāṇā sthāṇuriva tiṣṭhamānā apaśyatsa nāramata so'manyataitāsaṃ pratibodhanāyābhyantaraṃ prāviśānītyatha sa vāyumivātmānaṃ kṛtvābhyantaraṃ prāviśatsa eko nāviśatsa pañcadhātmānaṃ pravibhajyocyate yaḥ prāṇo'pānaḥ samāna udāno vyāna iti || > 6. “Verily, in the beginning Prajāpati stood alone. He had > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > no enjoyment, being alone. He then, by meditating upon himself (\_ātmānam\_), created numerous offspring. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > \[a\] He saw them inanimate and lifeless, like a stone, standing like a post. He had no enjoyment. He then thought to himself: 'Let me enter within, in order to animate them.' > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > \[b\] He made himself like wind and sought to enter within. As one, he was unable. So he divided himself fivefold—he who is spoken of as the Prāṇa breath, the Apāna breath, the Samāna breath, the Udāna breath, the Vyāna breath. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.7) - [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.p23) — 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.2.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.2.5.1) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.2.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.2.5.p4) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.279.6) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.33.6) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (10) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.63) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v1.c12.s6.7) — Dasgupta 1922, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s8.129) — Keith 1925, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c24.1) — Pande 1957, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c16.113) — Mookerji 1947, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t3.9) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s3.t1.5) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.oldenberg-1888.c7.s5.22) — Oldenberg 1888, German - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c8.s5.7) — Ranade 1926, English - [The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.filliozat-1949.c11.18) — Filliozat 1949, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.6) · Pramāṇa