Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 6.4.p1
Praśnopaniṣad 6.4.p1
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.4.p1
sa yathemā nadyaḥ syandamānāḥ samudrāyaṇāḥ samudraṃ prāpyāstaṃ gacchanti bhidyete
tāsāṃ nāmarūpe samudra ityevaṃ procyate
5. As these flowing rivers that tend toward the ocean, on reaching the ocean, disappear, their name and form (nāma-rūpa) are destroyed, and it is called simply "the ocean"—even so of this spectator these sixteen parts that tend toward the Person, on reaching the Person, disappear, their name and form are destroyed, and it is called simply "the Person." That one continues without parts, immortal! As to that there is this verse:—
Translations (1)
- The Thirteen Principal Upanishads — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English
Commentaries (5)
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin, Sanskrit