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# Prashna Upanishad 2.8

Praśnopaniṣad 2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.2.8)

devānāmasi vahnitamaḥ pitṝṇāṃ prathamā svadhā  
ṛṣīṇāṃ caritaṃ satyamatharvāṅgirasāmasi

> You are the best transmitter (of libation) to the celestials. You are the food-offering to the Manes that precedes other offerings. You are the right conduct of the organs that constitute the essence of the body and are known as the atharvas.  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.2.8) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.2.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.2.8) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.2.p12) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.49.2) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.2.1.p48) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.2.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (10)

- [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_205) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.14.8) — Sanskrit
- [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.76.8) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.10.8) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.18.8) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.13.8) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.11.8) — Sanskrit
- [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.12.8) — Sanskrit
- [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.11.8) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.10.8) — Sanskrit

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