Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 6.3
Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.3
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- Sanskrit
6.3
dve vāva brahmaṇo rūpe mūrtaṃ cāmūrtaṃ ca | atha yanmūrtaṃ tadasatyam yadamūrtaṃ tatsatyam tadbrahma tajjyotiḥ yajjyotiḥ sa ādityaḥ sa vā eṣa omityetadātmābhavat sa tredhātmānaṃ vyākuruta omiti tisro mātrā etābhiḥ sarvamidamotaṃ protaṃ caivāsmīti evaṃ hyāhaitadvā āditya omityevaṃ dhyāyata ātmānaṃ yuñjīteti ||
3. There are, assuredly, two forms of Brahma: the formed and the formless. Now, that which is the formed is unreal; that which is the formless is real, is Brahma, is light.
That light is the same as the sun.
Verily, that came to have _Om_ as its soul (_ātman_). He divided himself (_ātmānam_) threefold. _Om_ is three prosodial units (_a + u + m_). By means of these ‘the whole world is woven, warp and woof, across Him.’
For thus has it been said: ‘One should absorb himself, meditating that the sun is _Om_.’
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15): Maitrâyaṇa-brâhmaṇa-upanishad — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (3)
- Maitryupaniṣaddīpikā (Rāmatīrtha) — Rāmatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit
Linked texts (8)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Studies in the Origins of Buddhism — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- Upaniṣatsaṃgraha — Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad — Sanskrit