[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) › 2.8 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.8 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.8) athopāṃśurantaryāmyamibhavatyantaryāmamupāṃśumetayorantarāle cauṣṇyaṃ māsavadauṣṇyaṃ sa puruṣo'tha yaḥ puruṣaḥ so'gnirvaiśvānaro'pyanyatrāpyuktamayamagnirvaiśvānaro yo'yamanantaḥ puruṣo yenedamannaṃ pacyate yadidamadyate tasyaiṣa ghoṣo bhavati yadetatkarṇāvapidhāya śṛṇoti sa yadotkramiṣyanbhavati nainaṃ ghoṣaṃ śṛṇoti || > \[c\] Now, the Upāṁśu vessel is over against the Antaryāma vessel, and the Antaryāma vessel over against the Upāṁśu vessel. Between these two, God (\_deva\_) generated heat. The heat is a person, and a person is the universal fire (Agni Vaiśvānara). It has elsewhere been said: 'This is the universal fire, namely that which is here within a person, by means of which the food that is eaten is cooked. It is the noise thereof that one hears on covering the ears thus. When he \[i. e. a person\] is about to depart, one hears not this sound.' > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.9) - [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.p28) — 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.2.5.7) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.2.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.141) — Ranade 1926, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.8) · Pramāṇa