[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) › 1.2.9 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.9 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1.2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.9) avidyāyāṃ bahudhā vartamānā vayaṃ kṛtārthā ity abhimanyanti bālāḥ. yat karmiṇo na pravedayanti rāgāt tenāturāḥ kṣīṇalokāś cyavante. > 9. Manifoldly living in ignorance, They think to themselves, childishly: "We have accomplished our aim!" Since doers of deeds (\_karmin\_) do not understand, because of passion (\_rāga\_), Therefore, when their worlds are exhausted, they sink down wretched. 10. Thinking sacrifice and merit is the chiefest thing, Naught better do they know—deluded! Having had enjoyment on the top of the heaven won by good works, They re-enter this world, or a lower. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.8) - [Next: 1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.10) - [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.p13) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.1.2.9) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.2.2.9-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.1.4.9.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.1.2.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Jīvanmuktiviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.jivanmuktiviveka.2.17_2.p11) — Mādhava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.1.2.9) · Pramāṇa