Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 3.4
Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 3.4
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- Sanskrit
3.4
athānyatrāpyuktaṃ śarīramidaṃ maithunādevodbhūtaṃ saṃvidapetaṃ niraya eva mūtradvāreṇa niṣkrāmantamasthibhiścitaṃ māṃsenānuliptaṃ carmaṇāvabaddhaṃ viṇmūtrapittakaphamajjāmedovasābhiranyaiśca malairbahubhiḥ paripūrṇaṃ kośa ivāvasanneti ||
4. Now, it has elsewhere been said: 'This body arises from sexual intercourse. It passes to development in hell[-darkness] (_niraya_). Then it comes forth through the urinary opening. It is built up with bones; smeared over with flesh; covered with skin; filled full with feces, urine, bile, phlegm, marrow, fat, grease, and also with many diseases, like a treasure-house with wealth.'
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15): Maitrâyaṇa-brâhmaṇa-upanishad — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (3)
- Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit
Linked texts (11)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- Maitreyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Maitreyyupaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyaśākhā — Sanskrit
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — E. W. Hopkins, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- Upaniṣatsaṃgraha — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad — Sanskrit