[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) › 6.3 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 6.3 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.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. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > That light is the same as the sun. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > 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.’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > For thus has it been said: ‘One should absorb himself, meditating that the sun is \_Om\_.’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.2) - [Next: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.4) - [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.p14) — 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.6.3) — 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_93) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.6.3) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.42.3) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.5.3) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (3) - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s12.49) — Keith 1925, English - [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c24.1) — Pande 1957, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c12.s3.t4.10) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.3) · Pramāṇa