[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) › 6.26 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 6.26 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.26) athānyatrāpyuktam yathā vāpsu cāriṇaḥ śākunikaḥ sūtrayantreṇoddhṛtyodare'gnau juhotyevaṃ vā va khalvimānprāṇānomityanenoddhṛtyānāmaye'gnau juhoti atastaptorvivaso'tha yathā taptorvi sārpistṛṇakāṣṭhasaṃsparśe-nojjvalatītyevaṃ vā va khalvasāvaprāṇākhyaḥ prāṇasaṃsparśenojjvalati atha yadujjvalatyetadbrahmaṇo rūpaṃ caitadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam caitadrudrasya rudratvametattadaparimitadhā cātmānaṃ vibhajya pūrayatīmāṃ lokānityevaṃ hyāha vahneśca yadvatkhalu visphuliṅgāḥ sūryānmayūkhāśca tathaiva tasya prāṇādayo vai punareva tasmād abhyuccarantīha yathākrameṇa || > 26. Now, it has elsewhere been said: ‘Verily, as the huntsman draws in fish with his net and sacrifices them in the fire of his stomach, thus, assuredly, indeed, does one draw in these breaths with \*Om\* and sacrifice them in the fire that is free from ill. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Furthermore, it is like a heated caldron. Now, as ghee in a heated caldron lights up by contact with \[lighted\] grass or wood, thus, assuredly, indeed, does he who is called non-breath light up by contact with the breaths. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Now, that which lights up is a form of Brahma, and that is the highest place of Vishṇu, and that is the Rudra-hood of > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > Rudra. That, having divided itself (\_ātmānam\_) thus unmeasured times, fills these worlds. For thus has it been said:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > And as, indeed, from fire the sparks do issue, > And likewise, too, from out the sun its light-rays, > From It repeatedly all breathing creatures > Come forth into this world, each in its order. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.25) - [Next: 6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.27) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-hume.6.p149) — 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.6.26) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## 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 (4) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_116) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani*satavalekara1941.372.26) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.42.26) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.5.26) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.75) — Kane 1930, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s7.36) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s3.84) — Heesterman 1985, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.26) · Pramāṇa