[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) › 5.6 # Prashna Upanishad 5.6 Praśnopaniṣad 5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.6) tisro mātrā mṛtyumatyaḥ prayuktā anyonyasaktā anaviprayuktāḥ kriyāsubāhyābhyantaramadhyamāsusamyakprayuktāsuna kampate jñaḥ > The three letters (by themselves) are within the range of death. But if they are closely joined, one to another, are not divergently applied to different objects, and are applied to the three courses of action—external, internal, and intermediate—that are properly resorted to, then the man of enlightenment does not shake (i.e. remains undisturbed). > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.5) - [Next: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.7) - [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.5.6) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.5.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English - [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.5.6) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.5.p9) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.116.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.5.24) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.5.3) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit - [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.5.6) · Pramāṇa