Prashna Upanishad

4.8

Translation by Swami Sivananda
8 As a bird goes to a tree to roost, even so, O friend, all this rests in the Supreme Atman: Earth and its subtle counterpart, water and its subtle counterpart, fire and its subtle counterpart, air and its subtle counterpart, akasa and its subtle counterpart, the eye and what can be seen, the ear and what can be heard, the nose and what can be smelt, the taste and what can be tasted, the skin and what can be touched, the organ of speech and what can be spoken, the hands and what can be grasped, the organ of generation and what can be enjoyed, the organ of excretion and what can be excreted, the feet and what is their destination, the mind (manas) and what can be thought, the intellect (buddhi) and what can be comprehended, the ego (ahamkara) and the object of egoism, the memory (chitta) and its object, knowledge (tejah) and its object, prana and what is to be supported. 

Translation by Max Mueller
8. The earth and its subtile elements, the water and its subtile elements, the light and its subtile elements, the air and its subtile elements, the ether and its subtile elements; the eye and what can be seen, the ear and what can be heard, the nose and what can be smelled, the taste and what can be tasted, the skin and what can be touched, the voice and what can be spoken, the hands and what can be grasped, the feet and what can be walked, the mind and what can be perceived, intellect (buddhi) and what can be conceived, personality and what can be personified, thought and what can be thought, light and what can be lighted up, the Prâna and what is to be supported by it.









  • pṛthivī —

  • ca —

  • pṛthivīmātrā —

  • cāpaścāpomātrā —

  • ca —

  • tejaśca —

  • tejomātrā —

  • ca —

  • vāyuśca —

  • vāyumātrā —

  • cākāśaścākāśamātrā —

  • ca —

  • cakṣuśca —

  • draṣṭavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • śrotraṃ —

  • ca —

  • śrotavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • ghrāṇaṃ —

  • ca —

  • ghrātavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • rasaśca —

  • rasayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • tvakca —

  • sparśayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • vākca —

  • vaktavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • hastau —

  • cādātavyaṃ —

  • copasthaścānandayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • pāyuśca —

  • visarjayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • yādau —

  • ca —

  • gantavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • manaśca —

  • mantavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • buddhiśca —

  • boddhavyaṃ —

  • cāhaṅkāraścāhaṅkartavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • cittaṃ —

  • ca —

  • cetayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • tejaśca —

  • vidyotayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

  • prāṇaśca —

  • vidhārayitavyaṃ —

  • ca —

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Prashna Upanishad