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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.11

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.11)

tapaḥśraddhe ye hy upavasanty araṇye śāntā vidvāṃso bhaikṣacaryāṃ carantaḥ.  
sūryadvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti yatrāmṛtaḥ sa puruṣo hy avyayātmā.

> 11. They who practise austerity (\_tapas\_) and faith (\_śraddhā\_) in the forest,  
> The peaceful (\_śānta\_) knowers who live on alms,  
> Depart passionless (\_vi-rāga\_) through the door of the sun,  
> To where is that immortal Person (Purusha), e'en the imperishable Spirit (Ātman).  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.1.2.p15) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.1.2.11) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.2.2.11-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.1.4.11.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.1.2.11) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.10) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Siddhāntasiddhāñjana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.siddhantasiddhanjana.2.p55.2) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1640, Sanskrit

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