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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.12

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 2.2.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.2.2.12)

brahmaivedam amṛtaṃ purastād brahma paścād brahma dakṣiṇataś cottareṇa.  
adhaś cordhvaṃ ca prasṛtaṃ brahmaivedaṃ viśvam idaṃ variṣṭham.

> 11. Brahma, indeed, is this immortal. Brahma before,  
> Brahma behind, to right and to left.  
> Stretched forth below and above,  
> Brahma, indeed, is this whole world, this widest extent.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (1)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.2.2.p18) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.4.2.11) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.2.2.12.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.2.2.12) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.11) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit

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