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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.11

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 2.2.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.2.11)

na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto 'yam agniḥ.  
tam eva bhāntam anubhāti sarvaṃ tasya bhāsā sarvam idaṃ vibhāti.

> 10. The sun shines not there, nor the moon and stars;  
> These lightnings shine not, much less this \[earthly\] fire!  
> After Him, as He shines, doth everything shine.  
> This whole world is illumined with His light.  
> — 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.2.2.p16) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.2.2.11) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.4.2.10) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.2.2.11.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.2.2.11) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.10) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

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