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# Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 6.28

Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.28)

rajastamobhyāṃ viddhasya susamiddhasya dehinaḥ putradārakuṭumbeṣu saktasya na kadācana ||

> But if a man is afflicted with Passion (rajas) and Darkness (tamas),  
> Enlightened as he may be—  
> If to son and wife and family  
> He is attached—for such a one, no, never at all!  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri~en-hume.6.p168) — 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.6.28) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri!ramatirtha.6.28) — Rāmatīrtha 1550, 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 (3)

- [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.6.28) — Sanskrit
- [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā (ed. Śrīpāda Dāmodara Sātavalekara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani*satavalekara1941.372.28) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.42.28) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (6)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.1501) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s13.28) — Keith 1925, English
- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c18.258) — Pande 1957, English
- [The Hindu Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.kramrisch-1946.v1.c8.s6.13) — Kramrisch 1946, English
- [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s8.t3.68) — Hopkins 1901, English
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c12.s3.t4.107) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English

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