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# Prashna Upanishad 3.8

Praśnopaniṣad 3.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.8)

ādityo ha vaibāhyaḥ prāṇa udayatyeṣa hyenaṃ cākṣuṣaṃ prāṇamanugṛhṇānaḥ  
pṛthivyāṃ yā devatā saiṣā puruṣasyāpānamavaṣṭabhyāntarā yadākāśaḥ sa samāno  
vāyurvyānaḥ

> The sun is indeed the external Prāṇa. It rises up favouring this Prāṇa in the eye. That deity, that is in the earth, favours by attracting Apāna in a human being. The space (i.e. air), that is within, is Samāna. The (common) air is Vyāna.  
> — 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.3.8) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.3.8) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.3.8) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.3.p16) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.74.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.3.p55) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.8) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.3.6) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (10)

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- [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.13.8) — Sanskrit
- [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.12.8) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.11.8) — Sanskrit

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