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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.5

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.1.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.5)

satyena labhyas tapasā hy eṣa ātmā samyagjñānena brahmacaryeṇa nityam.  
antaḥśarīre jyotirmayo hi śubhro yaṃ paśyanti yatayaḥ kṣīṇadoṣāḥ.

> 5. This Soul (Ātman) is obtainable by truth, by austerity (tapas),  
> By proper knowledge (jñāna), by the student's life of chastity (brahmacarya) constantly \[practised\].  
> Within the body, consisting of light, pure is He  
> Whom the ascetics (yati), with imperfections done away, behold.  
> — 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.p8) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.3.1.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.5.1.4-2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.3.5) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.1.5) — Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankaracarya) — Śaṅkarācārya, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (6)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.122) — P. V. Kane, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c39.s2.44) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.370) — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- [Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jayatilleke-1963.c6.197) — K. N. Jayatilleke, English
- [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.olivelle-1992.c5.s2.t5.8) — Patrick Olivelle, English
- [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.125) — R. D. Ranade, English

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