Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 5.4.p1
Praśnopaniṣad 5.4.p1
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- Sanskrit
5.4.p1
yaḥ punaretaṃ trimātreṇomityetenaivākṣareṇa paraṃ puruṣamabhidhyāyīta sa tejasi sūrye
5. Again, he who meditates on the highest Person (Purusha) with the three elements of the syllable *Om* [namely *a* + *u* + *m*], is united with brilliance (*tejas*) in the sun. As a snake is freed from its skin, even so, verily, is he freed from sin (*pāpman*). He is led by the Sāman chants to the world of Brahma. He beholds the Person that dwells in the body and that is higher than the highest living complex. As to this there are these two verses (*śloka*):—
Translations (1)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (5)
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit