[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) › 3.2.8 # Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 3.2.8 Muṇḍakopaniṣad 3.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.8) yathā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudre 'staṃ gacchanti nāmarūpe vihāya. tathā vidvān nāmarūpād vimuktaḥ parāt paraṃ puruṣam upaiti divyam. > 8. As the flowing rivers in the ocean > Disappear, quitting name and form, > So the knower, being liberated from name and form, > Goes unto the heavenly Person, higher than the high. > — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads - [Previous: 3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.7) - [Next: 3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.9) - [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.p11) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka~en-muller.3.2.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Muṇḍakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!sankara.6.2.8.p1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka!padapatha.3.2.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.mundaka.3.2.8) · Pramāṇa