Maitreya Upanishad: Verse 2.24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

धनवृद्धा वयोवृद्धा विद्यावृद्धास्तथैव च । ते सर्वे ज्ञानवृद्धस्य किंकराः शिष्यकिंकराः ॥२४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

धन-वृद्धाः । वयः-वृद्धाः । विद्या-वृद्धाः । तथा एव । च । ते । सर्वे । ज्ञान-वृद्धस्य । किंकराः । शिष्य-किंकराः ॥

Recitation with translationMaitreya Upanishad 2.24

IAST Transliteration

dhanavṛddhā vayovṛddhā vidyāvṛddhās tathaiva ca | te sarve jñānavṛddhasya kiṅkarāḥ śiṣyakiṅkarāḥ ||24||

Translation

जो पैसेवाले हैं, जो बूढ़े हैं, जो पढ़े-लिखे हैं, सब ज्ञान वाले के आगे झुकते हैं। वही उनका गुरु होता है, सब उसके शिष्य बनते हैं।

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Academic Translation

Those advanced in wealth, advanced in age, and likewise advanced in learning—all of them are servants of the one advanced in knowledge; (they are) servants as disciples.

Verse Context

• Jñāna-śreṣṭhatva (supremacy of liberating knowledge); Jñānī; Guru-śiṣya hierarchy grounded in realization
• Mahavakya: Indirect: affirms that realization of mahāvākya-teaching (ātma-brahma-aikya) outranks social markers like wealth, age, or mere erudition.
• Yajur
• Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Maitrāyaṇī/Maitrāyaṇīya-associated transmission; also in later Vedānta-upaniṣad collections) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)