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# Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.12

Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.2.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.12)

tad etat satyam ṛṣir aṅgirāḥ purovāca naitad acīrṇavrato 'dhīte.  
namaḥ paramarṣibhyo namaḥ paramarṣibhyaḥ.

> 11. This is the truth. The seer (\_ṛṣi\_) Aṅgiras declared it in ancient time. One who has not performed the vow does not read this. Adoration to the highest seers! Adoration to the highest seers!  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (1)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.3.2.p15) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.6.2.11-2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.2.12) — Sanskrit

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