Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 2.3
Praśnopaniṣad 2.3
- Language
- 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!"
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).
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (5)
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
Linked texts (5)
- Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch — Charles Eliot, English
- Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit
- Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ — Sanskrit