<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1.8 -->

[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) › 2.1.8

# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.1.8

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 2.1.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1.8)

sapta prāṇāḥ prabhavanti tasmāt saptārciṣaḥ samidhaḥ sapta homāḥ.  
sapta ime lokā yeṣu caranti prāṇā guhāśayā nihitāḥ sapta sapta.

> 8. From Him come forth the seven life-breaths (\_prāṇa\_),  
> The seven flames, their fuel, the seven oblations,  
> These seven worlds, wherein do move  
> The life-breaths that dwell in the secret place \[of the heart\], placed seven and seven.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

- [Previous: 2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1.7)
- [Next: 2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1.9)
- [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1)

## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.2.1.p16) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.2.1.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.3.1.8.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.2.1.8.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.2.1.8) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.7) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.1.8) · Pramāṇa