[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) › [Prashna Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna) › 2.1 # Prashna Upanishad 2.1 Praśnopaniṣad 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.1) atha hainaṃ bhārgavo vaidarbhiḥ papraccha bhagavankatyeva devāḥ prajāṃ vidhārayante katara etatprakāśayante kaḥ punareṣāṃ variṣṭha iti > Next a scion of the line of Bhṛgu, born in Vidarbha, asked him, "Sir, how many in fact are the deities that sustain a creature? Which among them exhibit this glory? Which again is the chief among them?" > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 1.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.1.16.p1) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.2.1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.2.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.2.2) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.2.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.33.8) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.2.p5) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.2.2.1) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.2.1) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (10) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_198) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.14.1-2) — Sanskrit - [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.76.1) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.10.1) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.18.1) — Sanskrit - [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.13.1) — Sanskrit - [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.11.1) — Sanskrit - [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.12.1) — Sanskrit - [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.11.1) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.10.1) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.137) — Ranade 1926, English - [Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pusalker-1955.c8.57) — Pusalker 1955, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.1) · Pramāṇa