[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) › 6.4 # Maitrayaniya Upanishad 6.4 Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad 6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.4) athānyatrāpi uktamatha khalu ya udgīthaḥ sa praṇavo yaḥ praṇavaḥ sa udgītha iti asau vā āditya udgītha eṣa praṇavā iti | evaṃ hyāhodgīthaṃ praṇavākhyaṃ praṇetāraṃ bhārūpaṃ vigatanidraṃ vijaraṃ vimṛtyuṃ tripadaṃ tryakṣaraṃ punaḥ pañcadhā jñeyaṃ nihitaṃ guhāyāmityevaṃ hyāhordhvamūlaṃ tripādbrahma śākhā ākāśa vāyvagnyudakabhūmyādaya eko'śvatthanāmaitadbrahmaitasyaitattejo yadasā ādityaḥ omityetadakṣarasya caitattasmādomityanenaitadupāsītājasramityeko'sya sambodhayitetyevaṃ hyāha etadevākṣaraṃ puṇyametadevākṣaraṃ param | etadevākṣaraṃ jñātvā yo yadicchati tasya tat || > 4. Now it has elsewhere been said: ‘Now, then, the Udgītha is \_Om\_; \_Om\_ is the Udgītha. And so, verily, the Udgītha is yonder sun, and it is \_Om\_.’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > For thus has it been said: ‘... the Udgītha, which is called \_Om\_, a leader, brilliant, sleepless, ageless, deathless, three-footed, three-syllabled, also to be known as fivefold, hidden in the secret place \[of the heart\].’ > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > For thus has it been said: ‘The three-quartered Brahma > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > has its root above. Its branches are space, wind, fire, water, earth, and the like. This Brahma has the name of 'the Lone Fig-tree.' Belonging to It is the splendor which is yon sun, and the splendor too of the syllable \*Om\*. Therefore one should worship it with \*Om\* continually. He is the only enlightener of a man.' > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > For thus has it been said:— > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads > That syllable, indeed, is holy (\*puṇya\*). > That syllable indeed is supreme. > By knowing that syllable, indeed, > Whatever one desires, is his! > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.3) - [Next: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.5) - [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.p18) — 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.6.4) — 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_94) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.maitrayaniya.6.3.p4) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣatsaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.upanisatsamgraha.42.4) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad or Maitryupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitrayaniyopanisadormaitryupanisad.5.4) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (5) - [A History of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.dasgupta-1922.v2.c21.s11.1) — Dasgupta 1922, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s2.32) — Keith 1925, English - [A Concise History of Science in India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bose-sen-subbarayappa-1971.c13.s3.t2.13) — Bose et al. 1971, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s1.t2.25) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism and Minor Religious Systems](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bhandarkar-1913.v1.c4.s5.32) — Bhandarkar 1913, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri.6.4) · Pramāṇa