Prashna Upanishad: Verse 1.8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

विश्वरूपं हरिणं जातवेदसं परायणं ज्योतिरेकं तपन्तम् । सहस्ररश्मिः शतधा वर्तमानः प्राणः प्रजानामुदयत्येष सूर्यः ॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

विश्वरूपम् हरिणम् जातवेदसम् परायणम् ज्योतिः एकम् तपन्तम् । सहस्ररश्मिः शतधा वर्तमानः प्राणः प्रजानाम् उदयति एषः सूर्यः ॥८॥

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 1.8

IAST Transliteration

viśvarūpaṁ hariṇaṁ jātavedasaṁ parāyaṇaṁ jyotirekaṁ tapantam | sahasraraśmiḥ śatadhā vartamānaḥ prāṇaḥ prajānāmudayatyeṣa sūryaḥ ||8||

Translation

বিশ্বৰূপ, সুৱৰ্ণময়, সৰ্বজ্ঞ, পৰম শৰণ, এক জ্যোতি, সহস্ৰ কিৰণযুক্ত, শতবিধত বৰ্তমান—এই প্ৰজাৰ প্ৰাণ উদয় হয়, এই সূৰ্য।

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Academic Translation

The sun of universal form, the golden one, the knower of all beings, the supreme refuge, the one light burning, with thousand rays, existing in a hundredfold manner—this prana of beings rises, this sun.

Verse Context

• Surya as Cosmic Prana
• Mahavakya: Not a direct Mahavakya, but the identification of the sun with prana of all beings supports the non-dual vision underlying 'Tat tvam asi' (Chandogya 6.8.7)—the universal life-force is one, appearing as many. The sun as 'parāyaṇam' (supreme refuge) echoes the sentiment of 'Ayam ātmā brahma' (Mandukya 2).
• Atharva Veda
• Pippalada (Paippalada) Shakha
• Chandas: Trishtup (11-syllable per pada, 44 syllables total)