Prasna upanishad

brief introduction of Prasna Upanishad

1. PRASHNOPANISHAD
Presented by: Rajeshwari

2. Om pranasyedam vashe sarvam
Tridive yath pratishtitam
Matheva putran rakshasva Shreescha
pranjnaanscha videhi na ithi
Om shantih shantih shantihi

8. Q-1 by Kabandhi (16 mantras)
From where are all these creatures born?
•the answer is that everything is
born of Rayi-matter-chandra and
prana-spirit-surya

9. Q2: by Bharghava(13 mantras)
How many Devas support this body? who is
illuminating it? who is the best among them?
•panchabhootas, panch Jnanendriya,
pancha Karmendriya, Antahakarana,Prana
supporting the body
•Prana is illuminating
•Prana is the best:story of prana and the
sense organs
•the sense organs requesting the prana to
protect them as like mother

10. Q3: by Kaushalay (12 mantras)
where is prana born? How it comes to the
body? How does it depart?
•the prana born of Atman
•it enters the body with Jivatma
•It appoints the five pranasin him
•prana take the jiva away from the
body to another body

11. Q4: by Sauryayani (11 mantras)
what is sleep and what is awake?What
has dream?
•when sense organs merge into mind, a
person sleep
•but prana awake
•it is the mind dreams
•when the mind merges brahman there is
a experience of happiness

12. Q5: by Satyakama (7 mantras)
what world is gained after death by a
person always meditating on Omkara
•answer in the form of the analysis of OM
•OM having three syllables-A U M
•meditation on 'A' leads to Human Birth
•meditation on 'U' leads to Chandralokha
•meditation on 'OM' leads to bramhalokha

13. Q6:by Sukesa (8mantras)
who is the Purusha with sixteen
aspects?
•Purusha or Atman is in one's own body
•The Upanishad closes with the six
disciples worshipping the Guru Pipallad
and departing