Upaniṣads · Praśna 1.6
॥
Devanāgarī
अथादित्य उदयन् यत्प्राचीं दिशं प्रविशति तेन प्राच्यान् प्राणान् रश्मिषु संनिधत्ते ।
यद् दक्षिणं यत् प्रतीचीं यद् उदीचीं यद् अधो यद् ऊर्ध्वं यद् अन्तरा दिशो यत् सर्वं प्रकाशयति तेन सर्वान् प्राणान् रश्मिषु संनिधत्ते
Transliteración (IAST)
athāditya udayan yatprācīṃ diśaṃ praviśati tena prācyān prāṇān raśmiṣu saṃnidhatte |
yad dakṣiṇaṃ yat pratīcīṃ yad udīcīṃ yad adho yad ūrdhvaṃ yad antarā diśo yat sarvaṃ prakāśayati tena sarvān prāṇān raśmiṣu saṃnidhatte
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
अथ आदित्यःatha ādityaḥthen the sun; when Āditya
उदयन्udayanrising (ud-√i); mounting up; coming up
यत् प्राचीम् दिशम्yat prācīm diśaminto the eastern quarter; toward the east
प्रविशतिpraviśatienters (pra-√viś); steps in; penetrates
तेनtenaby this; thereby
प्राच्यान् प्राणान्prācyān prāṇānthe eastern prāṇas; the lives in the east
रश्मिषु संनिधत्तेraśmiṣu saṃnidhattehe places in his rays; he gathers into his rays
यत् दक्षिणम्yat dakṣiṇamwhat is southern; the southern quarter
यत् प्रतीचीम्yat pratīcīmwhat is western; the western quarter
यत् उदीचीम्yat udīcīmwhat is northern; the northern quarter
यत् अधःyat adhaḥwhat is below; the lower
यत् ऊर्ध्वम्yat ūrdhvamwhat is above; the upper
यत् अन्तरा दिशःyat antarā diśaḥwhat lies between the quarters; the intermediate directions
यत् सर्वम्yat sarvamwhatever is; all in its entirety
प्रकाशयतिprakāśayatiillumines (pra-√kāś, causative); lights up; makes manifest
तेनtenaby this; thereby
सर्वान् प्राणान्sarvān prāṇānall the prāṇas; all the lives
रश्मिषु संनिधत्तेraśmiṣu saṃnidhattehe gathers into his rays; he places in his rays
Traducción
"Rising, the sun enters the eastern quarter — and gathers into its rays the prāṇas of the east. [Illumining] south, west, north, the nadir, the zenith and the intermediate quarters, illumining all, it gathers all the prāṇas into its rays."
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50e50ac49429 · publicado 26 jul 2026, 20:35:21 UTC
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A picture of sunrise written as a liturgy. The sun, as it rises, praviśati — "enters" the east as a priest enters the sanctuary, and raśmiṣu sannidhatte — "stations in its rays" the prāṇas of every quarter: east, south, west, north, nadir, zenith, the intermediate points — all ten directions of space are enumerated so that no corner is left unembraced.
The sense of the image: light is not mere illumination but the bond between lives. Every ray is a thread between the sun-prāṇa and the breath of an individual creature; sunrise is the morning "gathering" of all that lives into one sheaf, a roll-call of life to which everything that breathes responds. Biology says as much in its own idiom — all the energy of the living is reprocessed sunlight; the Upaniṣad says something deeper: the very vitality of light comes from the Prāṇa that has entered the sun.
Hence the ancient attitude to sunrise as an hour of connection: he who greets the sun greets not an "incandescent ball" but the visible face of the universal life that gathers his own breath too into its rays. The next two verses will name that face.