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# Prashna Upanishad 1.4

Praśnopaniṣad 1.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.4)

tasmaisa hovāca prajākāmo vaiprajāpatiḥ sa tapo'tapyata sa tapastaptvā sa  
mithunamutpādayate  
rayiṃ ca prāṇaṃ cetyetau me bahudhā prajāḥ kariṣyata iti

> To him he said: The Lord of all creatures became desirous of progeny. He deliberated on (past Vedic) knowledge. Having brooded on that knowledge, He created a couple—food and Prāṇa—under the idea, "These two will produce creatures for me in multifarious ways."  
> — 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.1.4) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.1.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.1.4) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.1.p7) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.8.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.1.2.4.p32) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.4) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.75.4) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.9.4-2) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (1)

- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.338) — Pande 1957, English

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