Prashna Upanishad: Verse 2.4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सोऽभिमानादूर्ध्वमुत्क्रामत इव तस्मिन्नुत्क्रामत्यथेतरे सर्व एवोत्क्रामन्ते तस्मिञ्च प्रतिष्ठमाने सर्व एव प्रतिष्ठन्ते । तद्यथा मक्षिका मधुकरराजानमुत्क्रामन्तं सर्व एवोत्क्रमन्ते तस्मिञ्च प्रतिष्ठमाने सर्व एव प्रतिष्ठन्ते एवं वाङ्मनष्चक्षुः श्रोत्रं च ते प्रीताः प्राणं स्तुन्वन्ति ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

सः । अभिमानात् । ऊर्ध्वम् । उत्क्रामत । इव । तस्मिन् । उत्क्रामति । अथ । इतरे । सर्वे । एव । उत्क्रामन्ते । तस्मिन् । च । प्रतिष्ठमाने । सर्वे । एव । प्रतिष्ठन्ते । तत् । यथा । मक्षिका । मधुकरराजानम् । उत्क्रामन्तम् । सर्वे । एव । उत्क्रमन्ते । तस्मिन् । च । प्रतिष्ठमाने । सर्वे । एव । प्रतिष्ठन्ते । एवम् । वाक् । मनः । चक्षुः । श्रोत्रम् । च । ते । प्रीताः । प्राणम् । स्तुन्वन्ति ॥४॥

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 2.4

IAST Transliteration

so'bhimānādūrdhvamutkrāmata iva tasminnutkrāmatyathetare sarva evotkrāmante tasmiñca pratiṣṭhamāne sarva eva pratiṣṭhante | tadyathā makṣikā madhukararājānamutkrāmantaṃ sarva evotkramante tasmiñca pratiṣṭhamāne sarva eva pratiṣṭhante evaṃ vāṅmanaścakṣuḥ śrotraṃ ca te prītāḥ prāṇaṃ stunvanti ||4||

Translation

Z pychy on zdawał się wznosić ku górze. Gdy on się wznosi, wtedy inni wszyscy się wznoszą, a gdy on się osadza, wtedy inni wszyscy się osadzają. Jak pszczoły, gdy król pszczół się wznosi, wszystkie się wznoszą, a gdy on się osadza, wszystkie się osadzają, tak mowa, umysł, oko i ucho, zadowolone, wielbią Pranę.

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Academic Translation

He, out of self-importance, appeared to rise upward. As he rises, all the others indeed rise; and when he remains established, all the others remain established. Just as bees, when the king-bee rises, all rise up, and when he settles, all settle—so speech, mind, eye, and ear, being pleased, praise Prana.

Verse Context

• Dependence of all sense organs on Prana; the hierarchical supremacy of the vital force demonstrated through departure and return; the recognition and praise of Prana by the faculties
• Mahavakya: This mantra indirectly supports the Mahavakya 'Ayam Atma Brahma' (This Self is Brahman) by demonstrating that the vital force (Prana) which animates and sustains all faculties is the essential self of the embodied being. The organs' praise of Prana mirrors the Upanishadic recognition that the Atman is the inner controller upon which all depends.
• Atharva Veda
• Pippalada Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (Gadya)