[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) › 4.1 # Prashna Upanishad 4.1 Praśnopaniṣad 4.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.1) atha hainaṃ sauryāyaṇīgārgyaḥ papraccha bhagavannetasminpuruṣe kāni svapanti kānyasmiñjāgrati katara eṣa devaḥ svapnānpaśyati kasyaitatsukhaṃ bhavati kasminnusarvesaṃpratiṣṭhitā bhavantīti > Then the grandson of Sūrya, born of the family of Garga, asked him, "O adorable sir, which are the organs that go to sleep in this person? Which keep awake in him? Which is the deity who experiences dream? To whom occurs this happiness? In whom do all get merged? > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [4.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.1.p1) tasmaisa hovāca ### [4.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.1.p2) yathā gārgya marīcayo'rkasyāstaṃ gacchataḥ sarvā etasmiṃstejomaṇḍala ekī > To him he said, O Gārgya, just as all the rays of the setting sun become unified in this orb of light, and they disperse from the sun as it rises up again, similarly all that becomes unified in the high deity, the mind. Hence this person does not then hear, does not see, does not smell, does not taste, does not touch, does not speak, does not grasp, does not enjoy, does not eject, does not move. People say, "He is sleeping." > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [4.1.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.1.p3) bhavanti ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.4.1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.4.1) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.4.1) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.4.p2) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.84.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.4.p5) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.4.1) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.4.2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara~en-gambhirananda.4.1.p2) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.1) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (10) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_226) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.16.1) — Sanskrit - [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.78.1) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.12.1) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.20.1) — Sanskrit - [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.15.1) — Sanskrit - [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.13.1) — Sanskrit - [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.14.1) — Sanskrit - [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.13.1) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.12.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.1) · Pramāṇa