Prashna Upanishad

2.1

Translation by Swami Sivananda
1 Then Vaidarbhi, belonging to the family of Bhrigu, asked him: Sir, how many gods support the body of the created being? How many of these manifest their power through it? And which one, furthermore, is paramount? 

Translation by Max Mueller
1. Then Bhârgava Vaidarbhi asked him: Sir, How many gods keep what has thus been created, how many manifest this, and who is the best of them?




  • atha —

  • hainaṃ —

  • bhārgavo —

  • vaidarbhiḥ —

  • papraccha —

  • bhagavan —

  • katyeva —

  • devāḥ —

  • prajāṃ —

  • vidhārayante —

  • katara —

  • etat —

  • prakāśayante —

  • kaḥ —

  • punareṣāṃ —

  • variṣṭha —

  • iti —

Prashna Upanishad