[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad) › [Principal (early) Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya) › [Prashna Upanishad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna) › 3.3 # Prashna Upanishad 3.3 Praśnopaniṣad 3.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.3) ātmana eṣa prāṇo jāyate yathaiṣā puruṣe chāyaitasminnetadātataṃ manokṛtenāyātyasmiñcharīre > From the Self is born this Prāṇa. Just as there can be shadow when a man is there, so this Prāṇa is fixed on the Self. He comes to this body owing to the actions of the mind. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.3.3) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.3.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.3.3) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.3.p5) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.64.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.3.p17) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.3.2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s3.t4.2) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [The Religions of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hopkins-1895.c16.16) — Hopkins 1895, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.3) · Pramāṇa