Maitri (Maitrāyaṇīya) Upaniṣad 6.38
Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.38
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.38
śarīraprādeśāṅguṣṭhamātramaṇorapyanvayaṃ dhyātvātaḥparamatāṃ gacchati atra hi sarve kāmāḥ samāhitā iti atrodāharanti aṅguṣṭhaprādeśaśarīramātraṃ pradīpapratāpavadvistridhā hi tadbrahmābhiṣṭūyamānaṃ maho devo bhuvanānyāviveśa |
oṃ namo brahmaṇe namaḥ ||
Having meditated upon him who is of the measure of a thumb or of a span within the body, more subtile than the subtile, then one goes to the supreme condition; for therein all desires are contained. On this point they quote:—
Of size of thumb or span within the body,
A light of twofold or of threefold brightness,
This Brahma who is being praised,
The great god—He has entered in all beings!
Om! Adoration to Brahma! yea, adoration!
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 1550, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣadvivaraṇa — Upaniṣadbrahmayogī, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka — Sanskrit
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin — E. W. Hopkins, English
- Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge — K. N. Jayatilleke, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — R. D. Ranade, English