Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

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).

Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

Translations (2)

Commentaries (4)

Linked texts (12)