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# Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 4.2

Praśnopaniṣad 4.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.2)

tāḥ punaḥpunarudayataḥ pracarantyevaṃ ha vaitatsarvaṃpare deve manasyekībhavati  
tena tarhyeṣa puruṣo na śṛṇoti na paśyati na jighrati na rasayate na spṛśate nābhivadate nādatte nānandayate na visṛjate neyāyate svapitītyācakṣate

> Therefore in that condition (\*tarhi\*) the person hears not, sees not, smells not, tastes not, touches not, speaks not, takes not, enjoys not, emits not, moves not about. “He sleeps!” they say.  
> — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, The Thirteen Principal Upanishads

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## Translations (2)

- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.4.p5) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.4.2) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.86.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.4.p16) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.2) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (12)

- [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_227) — Sanskrit
- [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s11.3) — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s8.21) — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.mantrapuspa.78.2) — Sanskrit
- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c11.s2.t4.14) — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.12.2) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.20.2) — Sanskrit
- [The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1912.c8.s7.t2.3) — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.15.2) — Sanskrit
- [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.137) — R. D. Ranade, English
- [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.13.2) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.12.2) — Sanskrit

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