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# Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 2.6

Praśnopaniṣad 2.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.6)

arā iva rathanābhau prāṇe sarvaṃpratiṣṭhitam  
ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni yajñaḥ kṣatraṃ brahma ca

> 6. Like the spokes on the hub of a wheel,  
> Everything is established on Life (prāṇa):—  
> The Rig verses, the Yajus formulas, the Sāman chants,  
> The sacrifice, the nobility (kṣatra) and the priesthood  
> (brahman)!  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.2.p10) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.2.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.44.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.2.1.p33) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c18.239) — Govind Chandra Pande, English
- [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c7.s2.t2.20) — E. W. Hopkins, English
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s3.t2.2) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English

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