Prashna Upanishad — Chapter 2: Bhargava's Question: The Supreme Deity in the Body
9 verses
Verse 1
Then Bhargava Vaidarbhi asked: Lord, how many deities support a creature? Which of them illumine the body? And which among them is the greatest?
Verse 2
To him he said: Space, air, fire, water, earth, speech, mind, eye, and ear — these, shining forth, declared: We support and sustain this body.
Verse 3
To them the supreme Prana said: Do not fall into delusion. It is I alone who, dividing myself fivefold, support and sustain this body. But they did n…
Verse 4
He, as if about to depart, drew all the others with him; and when he settled down, all settled down with him. Just as when the queen bee rises, all t…
Verse 5
As fire he burns, as the sun he shines, as the rain-cloud he rains, as Indra, as wind, as earth, as matter, as god — he is what is existent and non-e…