[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) › 6.p2 # Prashna Upanishad 6.p2 Praśnopaniṣad 6.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6.p2) bhagavanhiraṇyanābhaḥ kausalyo rājaputro māmupetyaitaṃ praśnamapṛcchata > Then Sukeśā, son of Bharadvāja, asked him, "Venerable sir, Hiraṇyanābha, a prince of Kosala, approached me and put this question, 'Bhāradvāja, do you know the Puruṣa possessed of sixteen limbs?' To that prince I said, 'I do not know him. Had I known him, why should I not have told you? Anyone who utters a falsehood dries up root and all. Therefore I cannot afford to utter a falsehood. Silently he went away riding on the chariot. Of that Puruṣa I ask you, 'Where does He exist?' " > — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya - [Previous: 6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6.p1) - [Next: 6.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6.p3) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6) ## Translations (2) - [Eight Upaniṣads, with the Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-gambhirananda.6.p2) — Swami Gambhirananda 1957, English - [The Thirteen Principal Upanishads](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna~en-hume.6.p3) — Robert Ernest Hume 1921, English ## Commentaries (4) - [Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!sankara.121.4) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Praśnaprakāśikā (Raṅgarāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!rangaramanuja.6.3) — Raṅgarāmānuja Muni 1500, Sanskrit - [Khaṇḍārtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna!raghavendra-tirtha.6.1) — 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.6.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.prasna.6.p2) · Pramāṇa