[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) › 3.9 # Prashna Upanishad 3.9 Praśnopaniṣad 3.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.9) tejo ha vā udānastasmādupaśāntatejāḥ punarbhavamindriyairmanasi saṃpadyamānaiḥ > That which is well known as luminosity, is Udāna. Therefore one who gets his light extinguished, attains rebirth together with the organs that enter into (his) mind. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.10) - [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.3.9) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.3.9) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.3.9) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.3.p17) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.76.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.3.10) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.3.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.3.6) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c9.s3.t2.2) — Deussen & Johnston 1883, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.3.9) · Pramāṇa