Upaniṣads · Praśna 2
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Praśna 2.1
अथ हैनं भार्गवो वैदर्भिः पप्रच्छ ।
भगवन् कत्येव
देवाः प्रचां दिधारयन्ते कतर एतत् प्रकशयन्ते कः
पुनरेषां वरिष्ठ इति ॥ २.१ ॥
Then Bhārgava, of the Vidarbha line, asked him: "Venerable sir, how many gods sustain the creatures? Which of them reveal this? And who among them is the foremost?"
Praśna 2.2
तस्मै स होवाचाकाशो ह वा एष देवो वायुरग्निरापः
पृथिवी वाङ्मनश्चक्षुः श्रोत्रं च ।
ते प्रकाश्याभिवदन्ति
वयमेतद्बाणमवष्टभ्य विधारयामः ॥ २.२ ॥
He said to him: "Space, air, fire, water, earth, speech, mind, eye and ear — these are the gods. Having revealed themselves, they declare: 'Supporting this body with our own support, we sustain it.'"
Praśna 2.3
तान् वरिष्ठः प्राण उवाच ।
मा मोहमापद्यथ अहमेवैतत्
पञ्चधाऽऽत्मानं प्रविभज्यैतद्बाणमवष्टभ्य
विधारयामीति
तेऽश्रद्दधाना बभूवुः ॥ २.३ ॥
The foremost Prāṇa said to them: "Do not fall into delusion. I myself, dividing myself fivefold, support this body and sustain it." But they became unbelieving.
Praśna 2.4
सोऽभिमानादूर्ध्वमुत्क्रामत इव तस्मिन्नुत्क्रामत्यथेतरे सर्व
एवोत्क्रामन्ते तस्मि/श्च प्रतिष्ठमाने सर्व एव प्रतिष्ठन्ते ।
तद्यथा मक्षिका मधुकरराजानमुत्क्रामन्तं सर्व एवोत्क्रमन्ते
तस्मि/ष्च प्रत्ष्ठमाने सर्व एव प्रतिष्टन्त एवम्
वाङ्मनष्चक्षुः
श्रोत्रं च ते प्रीताः प्राणं स्तुन्वन्ति ॥ २.४ ॥
He seems to depart upward out of pride; when he departs, all the others depart too, and when he is established, all are established. Just as bees all depart with the king bee when he departs, and settle when he settles, so speech, mind, eye and ear, pleased, praise Prāṇa.
Praśna 2.5
एषोऽग्निस्तपत्येष सूर्य
एष पर्जन्यो मघवानेष वायुः
एष पृथिवी रयिर्देवः
सदसच्चामृतं च यत् ॥ २.५ ॥
This is the fire that burns, this is the sun; this is the rain-cloud, the bountiful one; this is the wind; this is the earth, rayi, the god; and whatever is being and non-being, and whatever is immortal, that too is this.
Praśna 2.6
अरा इव रथनाभौ प्राणे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
ऋचो यजूँषि सामानि यज्ञः क्षत्रं ब्रह्म च ॥ २.६ ॥
As the spokes are fixed in the hub of a chariot wheel, so in the breath everything is established: the verses of the Rig, the formulas of the Yajur, the chants of the Sama, sacrifice, the warrior class, and the priestly class.
Praśna 2.7
प्रजापतिश्चरसि गर्भे त्वमेव प्रतिजायसे ।
तुभ्यं प्राण प्रजास्त्विमा बलिं हरन्ति
यः प्रणैः प्रतितिष्ठसि ॥ २.७ ॥
You are Prajāpati; you move in the womb, and you are born again. O breath, these creatures bring offerings to you, you who stand firm with the breaths.
Praśna 2.8
देवानामसि वह्नितमः पितृणां प्रथमा स्वधा ।
ऋषीणां चरितं सत्यमथर्वाङ्गिरसामसि ॥ २.८ ॥
You are the most carrier of oblations among the gods, the first svadhā for the ancestors; you are the conduct and truth of the seers, and you are of the Atharvans and Aṅgirasas.
Praśna 2.9
इन्द्रस्त्वं प्राण तेजसा रुद्रोऽसि परिरक्षिता ।
त्वमन्तरिक्षे चरसि सूर्यस्त्वं ज्योतिषां पतिः ॥ २.९ ॥
O prāṇa, you are Indra by your brilliance, and you are Rudra, the protector. You move through the antarikṣa (the atmosphere), and you are Sūrya, the lord of all lights.
Praśna 2.10
यदा त्वमभिवर्षस्यथेमाः प्राण ते प्रजाः ।
आनन्दरूपास्तिष्ठन्ति कामायान्नं भविष्यतीति ॥ २.१० ॥
When you rain down, O prāṇa, your creatures stand in the form of joy, thinking: 'There will be food.'
Praśna 2.11
व्रात्यस्त्वं प्राणैकर्षरत्ता विश्वस्य सत्पतिः ।
वयमाद्यस्य दातारः पिता त्वं मातरिश्व नः ॥ २.११ ॥
You are the vrātya, O prāṇa, the sole seer and lord of all that is. We are the givers of what is to be eaten; you are our father, Mātariśvan, the wind.
Praśna 2.12
या ते तनूर्वाचि प्रतिष्ठिता या श्रोत्रे या च चक्षुषि ।
या च मनसि सन्तता शिवां तां कुरू मोत्क्रमीः ॥ २.१२ ॥
Your form that is established in speech, and that which is in the ear and in the eye, and that which is spread through the mind — make that gentle and auspicious; do not depart.
Praśna 2.13
प्राणस्येदं वशे सर्वं त्रिदिवे यत् प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
मातेव पुत्रान् रक्षस्व श्रीश्च प्रज्ञां च विधेहि न इति ॥ २.१३ ॥
All this is under the control of breath (prāṇa), and whatever rests in the three heavens. As a mother protects her sons, so protect us; and grant us fortune (śrī) and wisdom (prajñā).