[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) › 2.9 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 2.9 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.9) sa vā eṣa pañcadhātmānaṃ pravibhajya nihito guhāyāṃ manomayaḥ prāṇaśarīro bahurūpaḥ satyasaṃ kalpa ātmeti sa vā eṣo'sya hṛdantare tiṣṭhannakṛtārtho'manyatārthānasāni tatsvānīmāni bhittvoditaḥ pañcabhī raśmibhirviṣayānattīti buddhīndriyāṇi yānīmānyetānyasya raśmayaḥ karmendriyāṇyasya hayā rathaḥ śarīraṃ mano niyantā prakṛtimayosya pratodanena khalvīritaṃ paribhramatīdaṃ śarīraṃ cakramiva mṛte ca nedaṃ śarīraṃ cetanavatpratiṣṭhāpitaṃ pracodayitā caiṣo'syeti || > 'He, verily, having divided himself fivefold, is hidden away in secret—He who consists of mind, whose body is life (\_prāṇa\_), whose form is light, whose conception is truth, whose soul is space.' > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > \[d\] Verily, not having attained his purpose, He thought to himself from within the heart here: 'Let me enjoy objects.' Thence, having pierced these openings, He goes forth and 'enjoys objects with five reins.' These reins of his are the organs of perception. His steeds are the organs of action. The body is the chariot. The charioteer is the mind. The whip is made of one's character (prakṛti-maya). By Him forsooth driven, this body goes around and around, like the wheel \[driven\] by the potter. So, this body is set up in possession of consciousness; or, in other words, this very one is its driver. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.10) - [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.p29) — 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.2.5.10) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.2.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_72) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.279.9) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.33.9) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani*satavalekara1941.368.6) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.39.6) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.1.6) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c4.s2.2) — Ranade 1926, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.9) · Pramāṇa