[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 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.1 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.1 - **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 ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.2) samāne vṛkṣe puruṣo nimagno 'nīśayā śocati muhyamānaḥ. juṣṭaṃ yadā paśyaty anyam īśam asya mahimānam iti vītaśokaḥ. > 2. On the self-same tree a person, sunken, > Grieves for his impotence, deluded; > When he sees the other, the Lord (īś), contented, > And his greatness, he becomes freed from sorrow. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.3) yadā paśyaḥ paśyate rukmavarṇaṃ kartāram īśaṃ puruṣaṃ brahmayonim. tadā vidvān puṇyapāpe vidhūya nirañjanaḥ paramaṃ sāmyam upaiti. > 3. When a seer sees the brilliant > Maker, Lord, Person, the Brahma-source, > Then, being a knower, shaking off good and evil, > Stainless, he attains supreme identity (sāmya) \[with Him\]. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [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 ### [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 ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.6) satyam eva jayati nānṛtaṃ satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ. yenākramanty ṛṣayo hy āptakāmā yatra tat satyasya paramaṃ nidhānam. > 6. Truth alone conquers, not falsehood. By truth is laid out the path leading to the gods (\_devayāna\_) By which the sages whose desire is satisfied ascend To where is the highest repository of truth. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.7) bṛhac ca tad divyam acintyarūpaṃ sūkṣmāc ca tat sūkṣmataraṃ vibhāti. dūrāt sudūre tad ihāntike ca paśyatsv ihaiva nihitaṃ guhāyām. > 7. Vast, heavenly, of unthinkable form, > And more minute than the minute, It shines forth. > It is farther than the far, yet here near at hand, > Set down in the secret place \[of the heart\], even here among those who behold \[It\]. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [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 ### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.9) eṣo 'ṇur ātmā cetasā veditavyo yasmin prāṇaḥ pañcadhā saṃviveśa. prāṇaiś cittaṃ sarvam otaṃ prajānāṃ yasmin viśuddhe vibhavaty eṣa ātmā. > 9. That subtile Soul (Ātman) is to be known by thought (\_cetas\_) > Wherein the senses (\_prāṇa\_) fivefoldly have entered. > The whole of men's thinking is interwoven with the senses. > When that is purified, the Soul (Ātman) shines forth. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1.10) yaṃ yaṃ lokaṃ manasā saṃvibhāti viśuddhasattvaḥ kāmayate yāṃś ca kāmān. taṃ taṃ lokaṃ jayate tāṃś ca kāmāṃs tasmād ātmajñaṃ hy arcayed bhūtikāmaḥ. > 10. Whatever world a man of purified nature makes clear in mind, > And whatever desires he desires for himself— > That world he wins, those desires too. > Therefore he who is desirous of welfare should praise the knower of the Soul (Ātman). > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads ## 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 (4) - [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 ## Linked texts (2) - [With Śaṅkara's bhāṣya (Sansknet input)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara!ratnaprabha*withbhasya.1.424.3) — Sanskrit - [Prabhañjana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.prabhanjana.5.18-3.27) — Viṭṭhalanātha 1518, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.1) · Pramāṇa