कस्मिन्नु भगवो विज्ञाते सर्वमिदं विज्ञातं भवतीति ||६.१||
By knowing what, O Blessed One, does all this become known?
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यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रेऽस्तं गच्छन्ति | नामरूपे विहाय | तथा विद्वान् नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ||६.५||
As rivers flowing merge into the ocean, leaving behind name and form — so the wise one, freed from name and form, attains the divine Person who is beyond the beyond.
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एतावदेवाहमेतत्परं ब्रह्म वेद | नातः परमस्तीति ||६.७||
'Only this much do I know of this supreme Brahman. There is nothing beyond this.'
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अथ सुकेशा भारद्वाजः पप्रच्छ | भगवन् हिरण्यनाभः कौसल्यो राजपुत्रो मामुपेत्य एतं प्रश्नमपृच्छत | षोडशकलं भारद्वाज पुरुषं वेत्थेति ||६.१||
Then Sukesa Bharadvaja asked: 'O Blessed One, Hiranyabha of Kosala, a prince, came to me and asked: Do you know the Person of sixteen parts, O Bharadvaja?'
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तस्मिन्नुदिते सर्वे कलाः पञ्चदश प्रतिष्ठन्ते | तदा वाक् सर्वैर्नामभिः सह प्राणे प्रतिष्ठते ||६.५||
When that (Self) rises, all fifteen parts are established in it. Then speech with all names is established in prana.
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यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रेऽस्तं गच्छन्ति नामरूपे विहाय | तथा विद्वान् नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ||६.५||
As rivers flowing merge into the ocean, leaving behind name and form — so the wise one, freed from name and form, attains the divine Person who is beyond the beyond.
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तद्धैतत्पिप्पलादो मुनिरुवाच | एतावद्वा अहमेतत्परं ब्रह्म वेद | नातः परमस्तीति ||६.७||
Thus said the sage Pippalada: 'Only this much do I know of the supreme Brahman. There is nothing beyond this.'
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ते हैनं पुनः पप्रच्छुः | स होवाच | एतावदेवाहमेतत्परं ब्रह्म वेद | नातः परमस्तीति ||६.८||
They asked him again. He said: 'Only this much do I know of the supreme Brahman. There is nothing beyond this.'
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ते तं सभाजयन्तः | त्वं हि नः पिता योऽस्माकमविद्यायाः परं पारं तारयसि | नमः परमऋषिभ्यः नमः परमऋषिभ्यः ||६.८||
Honoring him, they said: 'You are indeed our father, for you carry us across to the other shore of ignorance. Salutation to the supreme sages! Salutation to the supreme sages!'
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अथ हैनं सुकेशा भारद्वाजः पप्रच्छ | भगवन् हिरण्यनाभः कौसल्यो राजपुत्रो मामुपेत्य एतं प्रश्नमपृच्छत ||६.१||
Then Sukesa Bharadvaja asked: 'O Blessed One, Hiranyabha of Kosala, a prince, came to me and asked about the Person of sixteen parts.'
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तं होवाच | इहैव सोम्य अन्तः शरीरे स पुरुषो यस्मिन्नेताः षोडशकलाः प्रभवन्तीति ||६.२||
He said: 'Right here within the body, O dear one, is that Person from whom these sixteen parts arise.'
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स ईक्षांचक्रे | कस्मिन्नहमुत्क्रान्त उत्क्रान्तो भविष्यामि | कस्मिन् वा प्रतिष्ठिते प्रतिष्ठास्यामीति ||६.३||
He thought: 'When which one departs, will I have departed? When which one is established, will I be established?'
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स प्राणमसृजत | प्राणाच्छ्रद्धां खं वायुर्ज्योतिरापः पृथिवीन्द्रियं मनः | अन्नमन्नाद्वीर्यं तपो मन्त्राः कर्म लोका लोकेषु च नाम च ||६.४||
He created prana. From prana: faith, space, air, light, water, earth, senses, mind, food, vigor, austerity, mantras, action, worlds, and name — these are the sixteen parts.
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स यथेमा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रायणाः समुद्रं प्राप्यास्तं गच्छन्ति | भिद्येते तासां नामरूपे समुद्र इत्येवं प्रोच्यते ||६.५||
As rivers flowing toward the ocean reach it and merge, their name and form dissolved — they are called the ocean.
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एवमेवास्य परिद्रष्टुरिमाः षोडशकलाः पुरुषायणाः पुरुषं प्राप्यास्तं गच्छन्ति | भिद्येते चासां नामरूपे पुरुष इत्येवं प्रोच्यते ||६.५||
So too these sixteen parts of the all-seeing one, flowing toward the Person, reach him and merge. Their name and form dissolved — he is called the Person.
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ते होचुः | त्वं हि नः पिता | योऽस्माकमविद्यायाः परं पारं तारयसि ||६.८||
They said: 'You are indeed our father, for you carry us across to the other shore of ignorance.'
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नमः परमऋषिभ्यो नमः परमऋषिभ्यः ||६.८||
Salutation to the supreme sages! Salutation to the supreme sages!
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इति प्रश्नोपनिषत् | ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ||
Thus ends the Prashna Upanishad. Om peace, peace, peace.
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ॐ सह नाववतु | सह नौ भुनक्तु | सह वीर्यं करवावहै | तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु | मा विद्विषावहै | ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ||
Om. May He protect us both. May He nourish us both. May we work together with vigor. May our study be brilliant. May we not hate each other. Om peace, peace, peace.
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