[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) › 1.2.7 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.7 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.7) plavā hy ete adṛḍhā yajñarūpā aṣṭādaśoktam avaraṃ yeṣu karma. etac chreyo ye 'bhinandanti mūḍhā jarāmṛtyuṃ te punar evāpiyanti. > 7. Unsafe boats, however, are these sacrificial forms, > The eighteen, in which is expressed the lower work. > The fools who approve that as the better, > Go again to old age and death. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.6) - [Next: 1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.8) - [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.p10) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.1.2.7) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.2.2.6-2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.1.4.7) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.1.2.7) — Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.7) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [With Śaṅkara's bhāṣya (Sansknet input)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara!ratnaprabha*withbhasya.1.98.10) — Sanskrit - [Śrībhāṣya (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!ramanuja*complete.2.2-73) — Sanskrit - [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.2.17_2.p9) — Mādhava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.7) · Pramāṇa