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# Prashna Upanishad 6.6

Praśnopaniṣad 6.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6.6)

arā iva rathanābhau kalā yasminpratiṣṭhitāḥ  
taṃ vedyaṃ puruṣaṃ veda yathā mā vo mṛtyuḥ parivyathā iti

> You should know that Puruṣa who is worthy to be known and in whom are transfixed the parts like spokes in the nave of a chariot wheel, so that death may not afflict you anywhere.  
> — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya

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## Translations (4)

- [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.6.6) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English
- [The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-muller.6.6) — Friedrich Max Müller 1884, English
- [The Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-nikhilananda.6.6) — Swami Nikhilananda 1949, English
- [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.6.p9) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English

## Commentaries (5)

- [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.130.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.6.23) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit
- [Commentary of Upaniṣadbrahmayogin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!upanisadbrahmayogin.6.6) — Upaniṣadbrahmayogin 1700, Sanskrit
- [Ṭīkā of Jayatīrtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!madhva!jayatirtha.5.5.4) — Jayatīrtha, Sanskrit
- [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.6.4) — Rāghavendra Tīrtha 1615, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (9)

- [Īśādiviṃśottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.isadivimsottarasatopanisadah.1.34_253) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭottaraśatopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.samanya.astottarasatopanisadah.18.6) — Sanskrit
- [Mantrapuṣpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.santi.mantrapuspa.80.6) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭāviṃśatyupaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.astavimsatyupanisad.22.6) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādyupaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadyupanisadah.17.6) — Sanskrit
- [Īśādidvādaśopaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.isadidvadasopanisadah.17.6) — Sanskrit
- [Different Upaniṣads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.differentupanisads.16.6) — Sanskrit
- [Daśopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.dasopanisad.15.6) — Sanskrit
- [Upaniṣads Īśa to Aitareya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.upanisadsisatoaitareya.13.6) — Sanskrit

## Discussed in (3)

- [The Philosophy of the Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.deussen-1906.c9.s3.t2.2) — Deussen & Geden 1899, English
- [A Constructive Survey of Upanishadic Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.ranade-1926.c12.137) — Ranade 1926, English
- [Elements of Buddhist Iconography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1935.c4.67) — Coomaraswamy 1935, English

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