[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions")](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna) › 1.6 # Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 1.6 Praśnopaniṣad 1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.6) athādityaudayanyatprācīṃdiśaṃpraviśatitenaprācyānprāṇānraśmiṣusaṃnidhatte yaddakṣiṇāṃ yatpratīcīṃ yadudīcīṃ yadadho yadūrdhvaṃyadantarā diśo yatsarvaṃprakāśayati tena sarvānprāṇānraśmiṣusaṃnidhatte > Now then, the fact that the sun, while rising, enters into the eastern direction, thereby it absorbs into its rays all the creatures in the east. That it enters into the south, that it enters into the west, that it enters into the north, that it reaches the nadir and the zenith, that it enters the intermediate points of the zodiac, that it illumines all, thereby it absorbs all living things into its rays. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.5) - [Next: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.7) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.1.6) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.1.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.1.6) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.1.p13) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.11.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.1.2.4.p50) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.1.5) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (10) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_185) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.13.6) — Sanskrit - [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.75.6) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.9.6) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.17.6) — Sanskrit - [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.12.6) — Sanskrit - [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.10.6) — Sanskrit - [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.11.6) — Sanskrit - [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.10.6) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.9.6) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v2.c24.s2.10) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.6) · Pramāṇa