Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 2.4
Praśnopaniṣad 2.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4
so'bhimānādūrdhvamutkramata iva tasminnutkrāmatyathetaresarvaevotkrāmante tasmiṃśca pratiṣṭhamāne sarvaeva prātiṣṭhante
tadyathā makṣikā madhukararājānamutkrāmantaṃ sarvāevotkrāmante tasmiṃśca pratiṣṭhamāne sarvāeva prātiṣṭhanta evaṃ vāṅmanaścakṣuḥ śrotraṃ ca te prītāḥ prāṇaṃ stunvanti
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 (4)
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit
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