Praśna Upaniṣad ("Six Questions") 6.5
Praśnopaniṣad 6.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.5
evamevāsya paridraṣṭurimāḥ ṣoḍaśakalāḥ puruṣāyaṇāḥ puruṣaṃ prāpyāstaṃ gacchanti bhidyete cāsāṃ nāmarūpe puruṣa ityevaṃ procyate sa eṣo'kalo'mṛto bhavati
tadeṣa ślokaḥ
As these flowing rivers that go towards the ocean, when they have reached the ocean, sink into it, their name and form are broken, and people speak of the ocean only, exactly thus these sixteen parts of the spectator that go towards the person (purusha), when they have reached the person, sink into him, their name and form are broken, and people speak of the person only, and he becomes without parts and immortal. On this there is this verse:
Translations (1)
- The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
Commentaries (5)
- Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- Khaṇḍārtha — Rāghavendra Tīrtha, Sanskrit
Linked texts (9)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch — Charles Eliot, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary — Paul Deussen & Charles Johnston, English
- The History of Buddhist Thought — Edward J. Thomas, English
- A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy — R. D. Ranade, English
- Elements of Buddhist Iconography — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English