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# Prashna Upanishad 3.12

Praśnopaniṣad 3.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.12)

utpattimāyatiṃ sthānaṃ vibhutvaṃ caiva pañcadhā  
adhyātmaṃ caiva prāṇasya vijñāyāmṛtamaśnute vijñāyāmṛtamaśnuta iti

> Having known the origin, coming, lodgment and fivefold overlordship and the physical existence of Prāṇa, one achieves immortality. Having known, one achieves immortality.  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

### [3.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.12.p1)

iti tṛtīyaḥ praśnaḥ

## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.3.12) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.3.12) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.3.12) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.3.p21) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.82.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.3.11.p25) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (9)

- [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_224) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.15.12) — Sanskrit
- [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.77.12) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.11.12) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.19.12-2) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.14.12) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.12.12) — Sanskrit
- [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.13.12) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.11.12) — Sanskrit

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