[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) › [Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri) › 3.1 # Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 3.1 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.1) te hocurbhagavanyadyevamasyātmano mahimānaṃ sūcayasītyanyo vā paraḥ ko'yamātmā sitāsitaiḥ karmaphalairabhibhūyamānaḥ sadasadyonimāpadyata ityavācīṃ vordhvāṃ vā gataṃ dvandvairabhibhūyamānaḥ paribhramatīti katama eṣa iti tānhovāca || > 1. Then they said: "Sir, if thus you describe the greatness of this Soul (Ātman), there is still another, different one. Who is he, called soul (ātman), who, being overcome by the bright or the dark fruits of action (karman), enters a good or an evil womb, so that his course is downward or upward and he wanders around, overcome by the pairs of opposites (dvan-dva)?" > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 2.c](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.2.c) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.2) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-hume.3.p2) — 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.3.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.3.1.1) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.3.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (10) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_75) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c10.152) — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.280.1) — Sanskrit - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s7.t3.26) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [A Concise History of Science in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bose-sen-subbarayappa-1971.c13.s3.t2.13) — D. M. Bose & Surendra Nath Sen, English - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.34.1) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyaśākhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.maitrayaniyasakha.369.1) — Sanskrit - [Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jayatilleke-1963.c13.27) — K. N. Jayatilleke, English - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.1) · Pramāṇa