Prashna Upanishad 77
Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya 77
- Language
- Sanskrit
77.2
yadvāhyaṃ ha vai prasiddhaṃ sāmānyaṃ tejastaccharīra udāna udānaṃ vāyumanugṛhṇāti svena prakāśenetyabhiprāyaḥ /
yasmāttejaḥ - svabhāvo bāhyatejo 'nugṛhīta utkrāntikartā tasmādyadā laukikaḥ puruṣa upaśāntatejā bhavati;upaśāntaṃ svābhāvikaṃ tejo yasya saḥ, tadā taṃ kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ mumūrṣu vidyāt /
That which is tejaḥ ha vai, well known as (common)footnote{As distinguished from its special manifestation as the sun.} luminosity, outside; is udānaḥ, Udāna, in the body; that is to say, it favours the vital function, called Udāna, by its light. Since the agency (viz Udāna), that causes one's leaving the body, is of the nature of luminosity, and (while staying in the body) it is favoured by external light tasmāt, therefore: when an ordinary man upaśāntatejāḥ, gets his natural light extinguished; then it is to be understood that his life is exhausted and he is about to die. Saḥ, he, attains; punarbhavam, another body, (rebirth). How? Saha indriyaiḥ, together with the organs, counting from speech: sampadyamānaiḥ manasi, entering into the mind.
77.3
sa punarbhavaṃ śarīrāntaraṃ pratipadyate /
katham?sahendriyairmanasi sampadyamānaiḥ praviśadbhirvāgādibhiḥ //9//
That which is tejaḥ ha vai, well known as (common)footnote{As distinguished from its special manifestation as the sun.} luminosity, outside; is udānaḥ, Udāna, in the body; that is to say, it favours the vital function, called Udāna, by its light. Since the agency (viz Udāna), that causes one's leaving the body, is of the nature of luminosity, and (while staying in the body) it is favoured by external light tasmāt, therefore: when an ordinary man upaśāntatejāḥ, gets his natural light extinguished; then it is to be understood that his life is exhausted and he is about to die. Saḥ, he, attains; punarbhavam, another body, (rebirth). How? Saha indriyaiḥ, together with the organs, counting from speech: sampadyamānaiḥ manasi, entering into the mind.
Translations (2)
- Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- The Praśna Upaniṣad and Śrī Śaṅkara's Commentary — S. Sitarama Sastri 1898, English
Commentaries (1)
- Ṭippaṇa of Ānandagiri — Ānandagiri, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Praśnopaniṣad — Pippalāda, Sanskrit