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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.8

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.8)

avidyāyām antare vartamānāḥ svayandhīrāḥ paṇḍitaṃ manyamānāḥ.  
jaṅghanyamānāḥ pariyanti mūḍhā andhenaiva nīyamānā yathāndhāḥ.

> 8. Those abiding in the midst of ignorance,  
> Self-wise, thinking themselves learned,  
> Hard smitten, go around deluded,  
> Like blind men led by one who is himself blind.  
> — 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.p12) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.1.2.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.2.2.8-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.1.4.8) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.1.2.8) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.2.17_2.p10) — Mādhava, Sanskrit

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