[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) › [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka) › 1.2.12 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.12) parīkṣya lokān karmacitān brāhmaṇo nirvedam āyān nāsty akṛtaḥ kṛtena. tad vijñānārthaṃ sa gurum evābhigacchet samitpāṇiḥ śrotriyaṃ brahmaṇiṣṭham. > 12. Having scrutinized the worlds that are built up by work, a Brahman > Should arrive at indifference. The \[world\] that was not made is not \[won\] by what is done. > For the sake of this knowledge let him go, fuel in hand, > To a spiritual teacher (\_guru\_) who is learned in the scriptures and established on Brahma. > 13. Such a knowing \[teacher\], unto one who has approached properly, > Whose thought is tranquilized, who has reached peace, > Teaches in its very truth that knowledge of Brahma > Whereby one knows the Imperishable, the Person, the True. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.11) - [Next: 1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.13) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.1.2.p17) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.1.2.12) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.2.2.11-2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.1.4.12.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.1.2.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.12) · Pramāṇa