[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) › 3.2.3 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.3 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.2.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.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\*). > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.2) - [Next: 3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.4) - [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-hume.3.2.p4) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.3.2.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.6.2.2-2.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.2.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.3) · Pramāṇa