[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) › 6.2 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 6.2 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.2) atha ya eṣo'ntare hṛtpuṣkara evāśrito'nnamatti sa eṣo'gnirdivi śritaḥ sauraḥ kālākhyo'dṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānyannamattīti kaḥ puṣkaraḥ kiṃmayo veti iadaṃ vā va tatpuṣkaraṃ yo'yamākāśo'syemāḥ catasro diśaścatasra upadiśo dalasaṃsthā āsamarvāgvicarata etau prāṇādityā etā upāsitomityetadakṣareṇa vyāhṛtibhiḥ sāvitryā ceti || > 2. Now, He who dwells within the lotus of the heart and eats food, is the same as that solar fire which dwells in the sky, called Time, the invisible, which eats all things as his food. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > What is the lotus, and of what does it consist? > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > This lotus, assuredly, is the same as space. These four quarters of heaven and the four intermediate quarters are the form of its leaves. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > These two, the breathing spirit and the sun, go forth toward each other. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > One should reverence them with the syllable \_Om\_ \[§ 3-5\], with the Mystic Utterances (\_vyāhṛti\_) \[§ 6\], and with the Sāvitrī Prayer \[§ 7\]. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.1) - [Next: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.3) - [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.p8) — 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.6.2) — 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 (3) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.3.39_92) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.6.2) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.42.2-2) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s8.102) — Keith 1925, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s2.t5.28) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [Elements of Buddhist Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1935.c6.55) — Coomaraswamy 1935, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.2) · Pramāṇa