[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) › 3.5 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 3.5 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.5) athānyatrāpyuktaṃ saṃmoho bhayaṃ viṣādo nidrā tandrī vraṇo jarā śokaḥ kṣutpipāsā kārpaṇyaṃ krodho nāstikyamajñānaṃ mātsaryaṃ vaikāruṇyaṃ mūḍhatvaṃ nirvrīḍatvaṃ nikṛtatvamuddhātatvamasamatvamiti tāmasānvitastṛṣṇā sneho rāgo lobho hiṃsā ratirdṛṣṭivyāpṛtatvamīrṣyā kāmamavasthitatvaṃ cañcalatvaṃ jihīrṣārthopārjanaṃ mitrānugrahaṇaṃ parigrahāvalambo'niṣṭeṣvindriyārtheṣu dviṣṭiriṣṭeśvabhiṣaṅga iti rājasānvitaiḥ paripūrṇa etairabhibhūta ityayaṃ bhūtātmā tasmānnānārūpāṇyāpnotītyāpnotīti || > 5. Now, it has elsewhere been said: 'The characteristics of the Dark Quality (\_tamas\_) are delusion, fear, despondency, sleepiness, weariness, heedlessness, old age, sorrow, hunger, thirst, wretchedness, anger, atheism (\_nāstikya\_), ignorance, jealousy, cruelty, stupidity, shamelessness, religious neglect, pride, unequableness. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > The characteristics of the Passionate Quality (\_rajas\_), on the other hand, are inner thirst, affection, emotion, covetousness, maliciousness, lust, hatred, secretiveness, envy, insatiability, unsteadfastness, fickleness, distractedness, ambitiousness, acquisitiveness, favoritism towards friends, dependence upon > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > surroundings, hatred in regard to unpleasant objects of sense, overfondness in regard to pleasant objects, sourness of utterance, gluttonousness. With these this elemental soul (bhūtātman) is filled full; with these it is "overcome" (abhibhūta). Therefore it undergoes different forms—yea, it undergoes different forms!' " > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.4) - [Next: 3.c](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.c) - [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.p18) — 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.3.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.3.5) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.3.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_79) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.3.5) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.280.5) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astottarasatopanisad.34.5) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani*satavalekara1941.369.5) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.40.5) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.2.5) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (5) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.17) — Kane 1930, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s7.t3.36) — Keith 1925, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t3.13) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s5.t4.11) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [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.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.3.5) · Pramāṇa