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Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 2.3

Praśnopaniṣad 2.3

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Sanskrit

2.3

tānvariṣṭhaḥ prāṇa uvāca mā mohamāpadyathāhamevaitatpañcadhātmānaṃ pravibhajyaitadbāṇamavaṣṭabhya vidhārayāmiti
te'śraddadhānā babhūvuḥ

3. To them Life (prāṇa, the life-breath), the chiefest, said: "Fall not into delusion! I indeed, dividing myself (ātmānam) fivefold, support and sustain this body!"

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

4. They were incredulous. He, from pride, as it were, rises up aloft. Now when he rises up, then all the others also rise up; and when he settles down, they all settle down with him. Now, as all the bees rise up after the king bee when he rises up, and all settle down when he settles down, even so speech, mind, sight, and hearing. They, being satisfied, praise Life (prāṇa, the life-breath).

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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