Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 4.1
Praśnopaniṣad 4.1
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4.1
atha hainaṃ sauryāyaṇīgārgyaḥ papraccha
bhagavannetasminpuruṣe kāni svapanti kānyasmiñjāgrati katara eṣa devaḥ svapnānpaśyati kasyaitatsukhaṃ bhavati kasminnusarvesaṃpratiṣṭhitā bhavantīti
1. Then Sauryāyaṇin Gārgya asked him [i.e. Pippalāda]:— [a] ‘Sir, what are they that sleep in a person here? [b] What are they that remain awake in him? [c] Which is the god (*deva*) that sees the dreams? [d] Whose is the happiness? [e] In whom, pray, are all things established?’
4.1.p1
tasmaisa hovāca
2. To him then he said: ‘O Gārgya, as the rays of the setting sun all become one in that orb of brilliance and go forth again and again when it rises, even so, verily, everything here becomes one in mind (*manas*), the highest god.
4.1.p2
yathā gārgya marīcayo'rkasyāstaṃ gacchataḥ sarvā etasmiṃstejomaṇḍala ekī
4.1.p3
bhavanti
Translations (2)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (5)
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
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