उपनिषद् · Praśna 2.9
॥
देवनागरी
इन्द्रस् त्वं प्राण तेजसा रुद्रो ऽसि संहरञ् जगत् ।
स्थितौ च परि समन्ताद्रक्षिता पालयिता परिरक्षिता ।
त्वम् एव जगतः सौम्येन रूपेण ।
त्वम् अन्तरिक्षे ऽजस्रं चरसि उदयास्तमयाभ्यां सूर्यस् त्वम् एव च सर्वेषां ज्योतिषां पतिः
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
indras tvaṃ prāṇa tejasā rudro 'si saṃharañ jagat |
sthitau ca pari samantādrakṣitā pālayitā parirakṣitā |
tvam eva jagataḥ saumyena rūpeṇa |
tvam antarikṣe 'jasraṃ carasi udayāstamayābhyāṃ sūryas tvam eva ca sarveṣāṃ jyotiṣāṃ patiḥ
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
इन्द्रः त्वम्indraḥ tvamyou are Indra; you, as Indra
प्राणprāṇaO prāṇa; O life-force
तेजसाtejasāin valour (tejas — 'ardour, might'); in strength; in fiery heat
रुद्रः असिrudraḥ asiyou are Rudra; you become Rudra
संहरन् जगत्saṃharan jagatgathering in the world; working the dissolution of the world
स्थितौ चsthitau caand in preservation; and while sustaining
परि समन्तात्pari samantātfrom every side; round about
रक्षिताrakṣitāthe guardian (from √rakṣ); the protector; the watchman
पालयिताpālayitāthe keeper (from √pāl — 'to protect'); the shielding one; the shepherd
परिरक्षिताparirakṣitāthe guardian on every side (pari-√rakṣ); the protector from all sides; the complete defender
त्वम् एवtvam evayou indeed; you yourself
जगतःjagataḥworld; of the universe
सौम्येन रूपेणsaumyena rūpeṇain a gentle form; in a benign nature
त्वम्tvamyou; it is you who
अन्तरिक्षेantarikṣespace; in the mid-region
अजस्रम्ajasramunceasingly; constantly
चरसिcarasiyou move about; you wander
उदयास्तमयाभ्याम्udayāstamayābhyāmby rising and setting; through ascent and decline
सूर्यः त्वम् एवsūryaḥ tvam evathe sun are you indeed; you yourself are Sūrya
चcaand; as well as
सर्वेषाम् ज्योतिषाम्sarveṣām jyotiṣāmof all the luminaries; of all luminaries
पतिःpatiḥthe lord (pati); sir; the sovereign
अनुवाद
"You are Indra, O prāṇa, in valour; you are Rudra as the protector; [you are] the sun that moves in the mid-region, you are the lord of all luminaries."
संस्करण
88317c6bf63f · प्रकाशित 26 जुल॰ 2026, 8:35:21 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The hymn tries the faces of the gods upon prāṇa: indras tvaṁ prāṇa tejasā — "you are Indra — in valour": all the might of the thunderer is the drive of life; rudro 'si — "you are Rudra": the terrible power that rolls up the worlds is also she: life is not tender only — it is thunderstorm too, the heat of fever, the pain that cleanses; parirakṣitā — "the guardian on every side": the same power in a gentle form (saumyena rūpeṇa) keeps and shields.
tvam antarikṣe carasi — "you move in the mid-region": sūryas tvam — "you are the sun", sarveṣāṁ jyotiṣāṁ patiḥ — "the lord of all luminaries". The hymn has come back to the sun with which the first question began (verses 5–8), closing the circle: prāṇa is thunder and storm and light and protection.
The lesson of these identifications: the power is one, the faces many; Indra, Rudra, Sūrya are not rivals but offices of a single Life. One who has grasped this in prāṇa is ready to grasp the same about Him who is above prāṇa: all the gods are "spokes" (verse 22), all the powers are ministries; polytheism is healed not by denying the gods but by recognizing the One whose hands they are.