[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) › 1.8 # Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 1.8 Praśnopaniṣad 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8) viśvarūpaṃ hariṇaṃ jātavedasaṃ parāyaṇaṃ jyotirekaṃ tapantam sahasraraśmiḥ śatadhā vartamānaḥ prāṇaḥ prajānāmudayatyeṣa sūryaḥ > (The realisers of Brahman knew the one that is) possessed of all forms, full of rays, endowed with illumination, the resort of all, the single light (of all), and the radiator of heat. It is the sun that rises—the sun that possesses a thousand rays, exists in a hundred forms, and is the life of all creatures. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [1.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8.p1) saṃvatsaro vaiprajāpatistasyāyane dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ ca > The year is verily the Lord of creatures. Of Him there are two Courses, the Southern and the Northern. As to that, those, who follow, in that way, the sacrifices and public good etc. that are products of action, conquer the very world of the moon. It is they who come back. (Since this is so), hence these seers of heaven, who are desirous of progeny, attain the Southern Course. That which is the Course of the Manes is verily food. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [1.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8.p2) tadyeha vaitadiṣṭāpūrte kṛtamityupāsate ### [1.8.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8.p3) te cāndramasameva lokamabhijayante ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.1.8) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.1.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.1.7) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.1.p15) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.16.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.1.2.4.p65) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.1.6) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.1.6) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara~en-gambhirananda.1.8.p1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.7544) — Bloomfield 1906, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8) · Pramāṇa