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# Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 3.2.2

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 3.2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.3.2.2)

prāṇo vai grahaḥ so'pānenātigrāheṇa gṛhīto'pānena hi gandhāñjighrati

> 'Prâna (breath) is one Graha, and that is seized by Apâna (down-breathing) as the Atigrâha, for one smells with the Apâna.'  
> — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka~en-muller.3.2.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka!sankara.304.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣya (Madhva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka!madhva.1.14.2) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text, TITUS)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka*kanva!padapatha.3.2.2) — Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka!raghavendra-tirtha.15.2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- [Mitākṣarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka!nityananda-asrama.13.1) — Nityānanda Āśrama 1820, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka!upanisadbrahmayogin.13.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhadāraṇyakaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka!rangaramanuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.690) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s8.17) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c11.s2.t4.7) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c8.s6.t4.13) — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English

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