[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) › 4.3 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 4.3 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 4.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.4.3) tapasā prāpyate sattvaṃ sattvātsamprāpyate manaḥ | manasā prāpyate tvātmā hyātmāpattyā nivartata iti || > This is indeed the remedy for the elemental Self: Acquirement of the knowledge of the Veda, performance of one's own duty, therefore conformity on the part of each man to the order to which he happens to belong. This is indeed the rule for one's own duty, other performances are like the mere branches of a stem. Through it one obtains the Highest above, otherwise one falls downward. Thus is one's own duty declared, which is to be found in the Vedas. No one belongs truly to an order (âsrama) who transgresses his own law. And if people say, that a man does not belong to any of the orders, and that he is an ascetic, this is wrong, though, on the other hand, no one who is not an ascetic brings his sacrificial works to perfection or obtains knowledge of the Highest Self. For thus it is said: > By ascetic penance goodness is obtained, from goodness understanding is reached, from understanding the Self is obtained, and he who has obtained that, does not return. > — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15): Maitrâyaṇa-brâhmaṇa-upanishad ### [4.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.4.3.p1) atraite ślokā bhavanti || ## Translations (1) - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15): Maitrâyaṇa-brâhmaṇa-upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-muller.4.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi.4.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit - [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha) — Rāmatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (7) - [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s1.263) — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English - [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v1.c8.s8.28) — Winternitz 1927, English - [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.165) — Mookerji 1947, English - [Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.briggs-1938.c17.35) — Briggs 1938, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c12.s3.t2.63) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [Outlines of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hiriyanna-1932.c10.13) — Hiriyanna 1932, English - [The Sāṃkhya System: A History of the Sāṃkhya Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1918.c7.10) — Keith 1918, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.4.3) · Pramāṇa