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# Prashna Upanishad 1.2

Praśnopaniṣad 1.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.2)

tānha sa ṛṣiruvāca bhūya eva tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā saṃvatsaraṃ saṃvatsyatha  
yathākāmaṃ praśnānpṛcchata yadi vijñāsyāmaḥ sarvaṃha vo vakṣyāma iti

> To them the seer said, "Live (here) again for a year in a fitting manner, with control over the senses and with brahmacarya and faith. Then put questions as you please. If we know, we shall explain all your questions."  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.1.2) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.1.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.1.2) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.1.p3) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.4.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.1.2.4.p13) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.1.2) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.1.2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.mookerji-1947.c11.s4.69) — Mookerji 1947, English

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