Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.3
Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.2.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.2.3
nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo na medhayā na bahunā śrutena.
yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṃ svām.
3. This Soul (Ātman) is not to be obtained by instruction,
Nor by intellect, nor by much learning.
He is to be obtained only by the one whom He chooses;
To such a one that Soul (Ātman) reveals His own person
(*tanūm svām*).
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (2)
- Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS) — Sanskrit