[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) › 5.3 # Prashna Upanishad 5.3 Praśnopaniṣad 5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.3) sa yadyekamātramabhidhyāyīta sa tenaiva saṃveditastūrṇameva jagatyāmabhisaṃpadyate tamṛco manuṣyalokamupanayante sa tatra tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā saṃpanno mahimānamanubhavati > Should he meditate on Om as consisting of one letter, he becomes enlightened even by that and attains a human birth on the earth. The Ṛk mantras lead him to the human birth. Being endued there with self-control, continence, and faith he experiences greatness. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.2) - [Next: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.4) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5) ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.5.3) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.5.3) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.5.3) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.5.p6) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.110.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.5.11.p1) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.3) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Early Buddhist Theory of Knowledge](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.jayatilleke-1963.c13.27) — Jayatilleke 1963, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.3) · Pramāṇa