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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.1

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.1)

dvā suparṇā sayujā sakhāyā samānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ pariṣasvajāte.  
tayor anyaḥ pippalaṃ svādv atty anaśnann anyo 'bhicākaśīti.

> 1. Two birds, fast bound companions,  
> Clasp close the self-same tree.  
> Of these two, the one eats sweet fruit;  
> The other looks on without eating.  
> — 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.3.1.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.3.1.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.5.p2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.3.1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.1.1) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankaracarya) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit

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