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# Prashna Upanishad 4.9

Praśnopaniṣad 4.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.4.9)

eṣa hi draṣṭā spraṣṭā śrotā ghrātā rasayitā mantā boddhā kartāvijñānātmā puruṣaḥ  
sa pare'kṣara ātmani saṃpratiṣṭhate

> And this one is the seer, feeler, hearer, smeller, taster, thinker, ascertainer, doer—the Puruṣa (pervading the body and senses), that is a knower by nature. This becomes wholly established in the supreme, immutable Self.  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.4.9) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.4.9) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.4.9) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.4.p18) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (4)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.99.3) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.4.4.p44) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.4.9) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit

## Discussed in (3)

- [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v2.c26.s40.12) — Radhakrishnan 1923, English
- [Studies in the Origins of Buddhism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.pande-1957.c13.309) — Pande 1957, English
- [Outlines of Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hiriyanna-1932.c8.73) — Hiriyanna 1932, English

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