Prashnopanishad - Question 4 - Grantha

The fourth question of 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌪𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌦𑍍 asks what sleeps, what remains awake, who sees dreams, who experiences happiness, and in whom everything is finally established. Pippalada answers by analyzing sleep, dream, deep rest, and the return of all faculties into the supreme Self.

This question is closely related to the Mandukya Upanishad but uses its own imagery. The senses rest like rays withdrawing into the sun, while prana remains awake like sacred fires. Dream is the mind's field of remembered and recombined experience; deep sleep gives a taste of undivided rest when the mind is overpowered by light.

𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌨𑌃

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
This title announces the fourth question of the Prashna Upanishad.

𑌅𑌥 𑌹𑍈𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑍌𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌿 𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌚𑍍𑌛।
𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍇𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍇 𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌂𑌜𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌤𑌰 𑌏𑌷 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍁 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑍀𑌤𑌿 ॥1॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Gargya asks which powers sleep, which remain awake, who sees dreams, whose happiness is experienced, and where all are established.

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍈 𑌸 𑌹𑍋𑌵𑌾𑌚। 𑌯𑌥 𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍍𑌯 𑌮𑌰𑍀𑌚𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌏𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌜𑍋𑌮𑌂𑌡𑌲 𑌏𑌕𑍀𑌭𑌵𑌂𑌤𑌿।
𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍁𑌦𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌚𑌰𑌂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌹 𑌵𑍈 𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑍇 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍇 𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌕𑍀𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿।
𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌹𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍋 𑌨 𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌜𑌿𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌰𑌸𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌨 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍃𑌶𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌵𑌦𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌨𑌂𑌦𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑍃𑌜𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑍇𑌯𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌤𑍇 ॥2॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Pippalada says that as the sun's rays gather into the solar orb at sunset, the senses gather into the mind during sleep.

𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌯 𑌏𑌵𑍈𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍇 𑌜𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿।
𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌪𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌹 𑌵𑌾 𑌏𑌷𑍋𑌽𑌪𑌾𑌨𑍋 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍋𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌚𑌨𑍋 𑌯𑌦𑍍 𑌗𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌪𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌯𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌹𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌃 ॥3॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In the city of the body, the pranas remain awake like sacred fires.

𑌯𑌦𑍁𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌨𑌿𑌃𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌾𑌵𑍇𑌤𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌹𑍁𑌤𑍀 𑌸𑌮𑌂 𑌨𑌯𑌤𑍀𑌤𑌿 𑌸 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃।
𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌹 𑌵𑌾𑌵 𑌯𑌜𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌃 𑌇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌫𑌲𑌮𑍇𑌵𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌃 𑌸 𑌏𑌨𑌂 𑌯𑌜𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌹𑌰𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌗𑌮𑌯𑌤𑌿 ॥4॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
Samana equalizes inhalation and exhalation, mind is the sacrificer, and udana leads the sacrificer day by day toward Brahman.

𑌅𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌷 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑍇 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿।
𑌯𑌦𑍍 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌂 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌮𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌶𑍃𑌣𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑍇𑌶𑌦𑌿𑌗𑌂𑌤𑌰𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍁𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍁𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌂 𑌚 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍁𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌂 𑌚 𑌸𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌸𑌚𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌃 𑌪𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 ॥5॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
In dream, the inner deity of mind experiences greatness by seeing again what was seen, hearing again what was heard, and recombining known and unknown experiences.

𑌸 𑌯𑌦𑌾 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌸𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌷 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌨 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌥 𑌯𑌦𑍈𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑍇 𑌏𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 ॥6॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
When overcome by light, the mind does not see dreams; then happiness arises in the body.

𑌸 𑌯𑌥𑌾 𑌸𑍋𑌭𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌯𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑌸𑍋𑌵𑍃𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌂 𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌂𑌤𑍇 𑌏𑌵𑌂 𑌹 𑌵𑍈 𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑌰 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑍇 ॥𑍭॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
As birds return to a tree, all this returns to the supreme Self.

𑌪𑍃𑌥𑌿𑌵𑍀 𑌚 𑌪𑍃𑌥𑌿𑌵𑍀𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌪𑍋𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌚 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑍋𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌚 𑌵𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌵𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌚𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌚 𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌚 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌂 𑌚 𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌰𑌸𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌰𑌸𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌚 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍌 𑌚𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚𑍋𑌪𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌨𑌂𑌦𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌪𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌵𑌿𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌯𑌾𑌦𑍌 𑌚 𑌗𑌂𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌮𑌨𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌮𑌂𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌬𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌹𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌹𑌂𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌚 𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 ॥𑍮॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The elements, senses, organs, mind, intellect, ego, memory, light, and prana all settle in the supreme Self.

𑌏𑌷 𑌹𑌿 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌷𑍍𑌟 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌾 𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌰𑌸𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌮𑌂𑌤𑌾 𑌬𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌃।
𑌸 𑌪𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰 𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑍇 ॥𑍯॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The conscious person is the seer, toucher, hearer, smeller, taster, thinker, knower, and doer, and is established in the imperishable Self.

𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌸 𑌯𑍋 𑌹 𑌵𑍈 𑌤𑌦𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾𑌯𑌮𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑍋𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌸 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍋 𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌷 𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌃 ॥10॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
One who knows the shadowless, bodiless, colorless, pure, imperishable Self becomes all-knowing and enters all.

𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌸𑌹 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾 𑌭𑍁𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌂𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰।
𑌤𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑍋𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌸 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌶𑍇𑌤𑌿 ॥11॥

Translation (𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥):
The closing verse says that all faculties, deities, pranas, and beings rest in that imperishable which the knower realizes.

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