[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) › 5.8 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 5.8 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.5.8) eṣa hi khalvātmeśānaḥ śaṃbhurbhavo rudraḥ prajāpatirviśvasṛḍḍhiraṇyagarbhaḥ satyaṃ prāṇo haṃsaḥ śānto viṣṇurnārāyaṇo'rkaḥ savitā dhātā samrāḍindra induriti ya eṣa tapatyagninā pihitaḥ sahasrākṣeṇa hiraṇmayenānandenaiṣa vāva vijijñāsitavyo'nveṣṭavyaḥ sarvabhūtebhyo'bhayaṃ dattvāraṇyaṃ gatvātha bahiḥkṛtendriyārthānsvaśarīrādupalabhate'thainamiti viśvarūpaṃ hariṇaṃ jātavedasaṃ parāyaṇaṃ jyotirekaṃ tapantam | sahasraraśmiḥ śatadhā vartamānaḥ prāṇaḥ prajānāmudayatyeṣa sūryaḥ || - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.5.7) - [Next: 5.c](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.5.c) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.5) ## Commentaries (3) - [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 - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!upanisad-brahmayogi) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.283.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.5.8) · Pramāṇa