[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka) › 3.1.8 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1.8 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.8) na cakṣuṣā gṛhyate nāpi vācā nānyair devais tapasā karmaṇā vā. jñānaprasādena viśuddhasattvas tatas tu taṃ paśyate niṣkalaṃ dhyāyamānaḥ. > 8. Not by sight is It grasped, not even by speech, > Not by any other sense-organs (\_deva\_), austerity, or work. > By the peace of knowledge (\_jñāna-prasāda\_), one's nature purified— > In that way, however, by meditating, one does behold Him who is without parts. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.7) - [Next: 3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.9) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.3.1.p13) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.3.1.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (3) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.5.1.8) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Muṇḍakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!rangaramanuja.3.8-2) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.1.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.8) · Pramāṇa