Prashna Upanishad

3.8

Translation by Swami Sivananda
8 The sun, verily, is the external prana; for it rises, favouring the prana in the eye. The deity that exists in the earth controls the apana of man. The space, akasa, between heaven and earth is samana. The air is vyana. 

Translation by Max Mueller
8. The sun rises as the external Prâna, for it assists the Prâna in the eye. The deity that exists in the earth, is there in support of mans Apâna (down-breathing). The ether between (sun and earth) is the Samâna (on-breathing), the air is Vyâna (back-breathing).




  • ādityo —

  • ha —

  • vai —

  • bāhyaḥ —

  • prāṇa —

  • udayatyeṣa —

  • hyenaṃ —

  • cākṣuṣaṃ —

  • prāṇamanugṛhṇānaḥ —

  • . —

  • pṛthivyāṃ —

  • yā —

  • devatā —

  • saiṣā —

  • puruṣasya —

  • apānamavaṣṭabhyāntarā —

  • yadākāśaḥ —

  • sa —

  • samāno —

  • vāyurvyānaḥ —

  • .. —

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Prashna Upanishad