Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 1.12
Praśnopaniṣad 1.12
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- Sanskrit
1.12
māso vaiprajāpatistasya kṛṣṇapakṣa eva rayiḥ śuklaḥ prāṇastasmādete ṛṣayaḥ
śuklaiṣṭaṃ kurvantītara itarasmin
12. The month, verily, is the Lord of Creation (Prajāpati), Its dark half, indeed, is matter; its bright half, life. Therefore these seers (ṛṣi) perform sacrifice in the bright half; other people, in the other half.
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (5)
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
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- Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Different Upaniṣads — Sanskrit
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