[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) › 1.9 # Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 1.9 Praśnopaniṣad 1.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.9) ta eva punarāvartante tasmādetaṛṣayaḥ prajākāmā dakṣiṇaṃ pratipadyante eṣa ha vairayiryaḥ pitṛyāṇaḥ > The year indeed is Pragâpati, and there are two paths thereof, the Southern and the Northern. Now those who here believe in sacrifices and pious gifts as work done, gain the moon only as their (future) world, and return again. Therefore the Rishis who desire offspring, go to the South, and that path of the Fathers is matter (rayi). > — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) - [Previous: 1.8.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.8.p3) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.10) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.1.9) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.17.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.1.2.4.p92) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.1.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.122) — P. V. Kane, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s10.59) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c4.s1.25) — E. W. Hopkins, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s1.t2.7) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English - [Epic Mythology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1915.c6.s3.1) — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English - [The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1893.c6.48) — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.9) · Pramāṇa