[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) › 3.5 # Prashna Upanishad 3.5 Praśnopaniṣad 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.5) pāyūpasthe'pānaṃ cakṣuḥśrotre mukhanāsikābhyāṃ prāṇaḥ svayaṃ prātiṣṭhate madhye tu samānaḥ eṣa hyetaddhutamannaṃ samaṃ nayati tasmādetāḥ saptārciṣo bhavanti > He places Apāna in the two lower apertures. Prāṇa Himself, issuing out of the mouth and nostrils, resides in the eyes and ears. In the middle, however, is Samāna, for this one distributes equally all this food that is eaten. From that issue out these seven flames. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.6) - [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.3.5) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.3.5) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.3.5) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.3.p10) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.67.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.3.p33) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.5) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.3.4) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (6) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.254) — Kane 1930, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s2.33) — Keith 1925, English - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901.c6.s26.t6.5) — Hopkins 1901, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c11.s2.t1.6) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English - [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c8.s6.t4.13) — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English - [The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.filliozat-1949.c11.20) — Filliozat 1949, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.5) · Pramāṇa