[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) › 4.7 # Prashna Upanishad 4.7 Praśnopaniṣad 4.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7) sa yathā somya vayāṃsi vāsovṛkṣaṃ saṃpratiṣṭhante evaṃ ha vaitatsarvaṃpara ātmani saṃpratiṣṭhate > To illustrate the point: As the birds, O goodlooking one, proceed towards the tree that provides lodging, just so all these proceed to the supreme Self. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [4.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7.p1) pṛthivī ca pṛthivīmātrā cāpaścāpomātrā ca tejaśca tejomātrā ca vāyuśca > Earth and the rudiment of earth, water and the rudiment of water, fire and the rudiment of fire, space and the rudiment of space, the organ and object of vision, the organ and object of hearing, the organ and object of smell, the organ and object of taste, the organ and object of touch, the organ and content of speech the hands and the object grasped, sex and enjoyment, the organ of excretion and the excreta, the feet and the space trodden, the mind and the content of thought, understanding and the content of understanding, egoism and the content of egoism, awareness and the content of awareness, the shining skin and the object revealed by that, Prāṇa and all that has to be held by Prāṇa. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [4.7.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7.p2) vāyumātrā cākāśaścākāśamātrā ca cakṣuśca draṣṭavyaṃ ca śrotraṃ ca śrotavyaṃ ca ghrāṇaṃ ### [4.7.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7.p3) ca ghrātavyaṃ ca rasaśca rasayitavyaṃ ca tvakcasparśayitavyaṃ ca vākcavaktavyaṃ ca ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.4.7) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.4.7) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.4.7) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.4.p15) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.96.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.4.4.p31) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara~en-gambhirananda.4.7.p1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.7) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.4.5) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.4.5) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (9) - [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_233) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.16.7) — Sanskrit - [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.20.7) — Sanskrit - [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.15.7) — Sanskrit - [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.14.7) — Sanskrit - [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.14.7) — Sanskrit - [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.13.7) — Sanskrit - [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.78.7) — Sanskrit - [Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisads.12.8) — Sanskrit ## Discussed in (4) - [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s5.3) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English - [The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.keith-1925.v2.c40.s7.t3.15) — Keith 1925, English - [Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jayatilleke-1963.c10.252) — Jayatilleke 1963, English - [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c10.s5.t3.8) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.7) · Pramāṇa