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# Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 2.13

Praśnopaniṣad 2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.13)

prāṇasyedaṃ vaśe sarvaṃtridive yatpratiṣṭhitam  
māteva putrānrakṣasva śrīśca prajñāṃ ca vidhehi na iti

> 13. This whole world is in the control of Life—  
> E'en what is established in the third heaven!  
> As a mother her son, do thou protect \[us\]!  
> Grant to us prosperity (śrī) and wisdom (prajñā)!'  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

### [2.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.13.p1)

iti dvitīyaḥ praśnaḥ

## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.2.p17) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.2.13) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.57.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.2.1.p85) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.13) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (10)

- [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_210) — Sanskrit
- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.248) — P. V. Kane, English
- [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c7.s2.t4.40) — E. W. Hopkins, English
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s2.t4.1) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.18.13) — Sanskrit
- [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c8.s6.t4.11) — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.13.13) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.11.13) — Sanskrit
- [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.11.13) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.10.13) — Sanskrit

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