[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) › 5.4 # Prashna Upanishad 5.4 Praśnopaniṣad 5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.4) athayadidvimātreṇamanasisaṃpadyateso'ntarikṣaṃyajurbhirunnīyatesomalokam sa somaloke vibhūtimanubhūya punarāvartate > Now again, if he meditates on Om with the help of the second letter, he becomes identified with the mind. By the Yajur mantras he is lifted to the intermediate space, the world of the Moon. Having experienced greatness in the lunar world, he turns round again. > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [5.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.4.p1) yaḥ punaretaṃ trimātreṇomityetenaivākṣareṇa paraṃ puruṣamabhidhyāyīta sa tejasi sūrye > Again, anyone who meditates on the supreme Puruṣa with the help of this very syllable Om, as possessed of three letters, becomes unified in the Sun, consisting of light. As a snake becomes freed from its slough, exactly in a similar way, he becomes freed from sin, and he is lifted up to the world of Brahmā (Hiraṇyagarbha) by the Sāma mantras. From this total mass of creatures (that Hiraṇyagarbha is) he sees the supreme Puruṣa that penetrates every being and is higher than the higher One (viz Hiraṇyagarbha). Bearing on this, there occur two verses: > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya ### [5.4.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.4.p2) saṃpannaḥ ## Translations (4) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.5.4) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.5.4) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.5.4) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.5.p7) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (6) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.112.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.5.14) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.5.2) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara~en-gambhirananda.5.4.p1) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.5.4) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.5.2) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.292) — Kane 1930, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.4) · Pramāṇa