[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) › [Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya) › 26 # Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad 26 Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad 26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya.26) Verse 7 nāntaḥ prajñaṃ na bahiḥ prajñaṃ nobhayataḥ prajñaṃ na prajñānaghanaṃ na prajñaṃ nāprajñam | adṛśyamavyavahāryamagrāhyamalakṣaṇamacintyamavyapa deśyamekātmapratyayasāraṃ prapañcopaśamaṃ śāntaṃ śivamadvaitaṃ caturthaṃ manyante sa ātmā sa vijñeyaḥ || > They consider the Fourth to be that which is not conscious of the internal world, nor conscious of the external world, nor conscious of both the worlds, nor a mass of consciousness, nor simple consciousness, nor unconsciousness; which is unseen, beyond empirical dealings, beyond the grasp (of the organs of action), uninferable, unthinkable, indescribable; whose valid proof consists in the single belief in the Self; in which all phenomena cease; and which is unchanging, auspicious, and non-dual. That is the Self, and that is to be known. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya.25) - [Next: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya.27) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya~en-gambhirananda.26) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Māṇḍūkyopaniṣad, with Gauḍapāda's Kārikā and Śaṅkara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya~en-nikhilananda.26) — Swami Nikhilananda 1936, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya~en-hume.0.p9) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya~en-mt.26) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (11) - [Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadbhāṣya and Āgamaśāstrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!sankara.18.14) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Māṇḍūkyaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!rangaramanuja.6.2.5-4) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapatha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!padapatha.7) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Śrinivāsa Tīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!madhva!srinivasa-tirtha.1.13.6) — Śrinivāsa Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Māṇḍūkyopaniṣaddīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!sankarananda.2.7) — Śaṅkarānanda, Sanskrit - [Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadvyākhyā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!disciple-of-srinivasa-of-srivatsagotra.7) — Disciple of Śrīnivāsa of Śrīvatsagotra, Sanskrit - [Māṇḍūkyakārikā (Āgamaśāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!gaudapada) — Gauḍapāda, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit - [Āgamaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya.agamasastra) — Gauḍapāda, Sanskrit - [Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!commentary) — Sanskrit - [Māṇḍūkyopaniṣadṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya!mandukyopanisadtika-mandukyopanisadtika) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mandukya.26) · Pramāṇa