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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.4

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.1.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.4)

prāṇo hy eṣa yaḥ sarvabhūtair vibhāti vijānan vidvān bhavate nātivādī.  
ātmakrīḍa ātmaratiḥ kriyāvān eṣa brahmavidāṃ variṣṭhaḥ.

> 4. Truly, it is Life (Prāṇa) that shines forth in all things!  
> Understanding this, one becomes a knower. There is no superior speaker.  
> Having delight in the Soul (Ātman), having pleasure in the Soul, doing the rites,  
> Such a one is the best of Brahma-knowers.  
> — 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.p6) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.3.1.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (3)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.5.1.4.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.3.4) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.1.4) — Sanskrit

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