III. 8.) PRASNOPANISHAD-BHASHYA 27 He (Pippalada) said to him "you ask questions too big: You are devoted to brahman. Therefore I shall teach you." COMMENTARY Tasmai... The meaning is clear:. atiprašnān ; means things that lie beyoud (all) question, that is not fit to be questioned, occult. You ask. Therefore, you are most devoted to Brahman, almost a knower of Brah- man are you, that is you are not an ordinary man. There- fore I shall teach you (that) on account of your fitness, III. 3. Atmana evaişa prāņo jāyate. Yathăişa puruse chāyaitasminnet adatatam mano 'hrtenāyātya. smiñcharire. This Breath is born from the Self alone. Just as the shadow (chãya) (follows) when the man goes, (and) (just as) in him this mind is always present (even so the breath) comes into this body, without effort. COMMENTARY: He (Pippalāda) gives the reply to the first question? This breath is born from the Supreme Self alone. This is the meaning, since there is the passage "Präna is born from this, also the mind and all organs (Mund. Up. II. i 3). Then he gives the answer to the second question : How does the breath enter the body? Yathaisā Puruşe :- Just as the shadow goes along with the man when he goes,-certainly there is no other cause for the movement of the shadow-and similarly this mind without any effort attaches itself in the soul inseparably (atatam), even so breath also without effort comes into the body. That is, the entry of the mind and breath into the body is through (with) the soul. The idea is that since breath cannot exist separated from the man, the relationship of breath is only 1. The commentary of Sankara reads the first two sentences as the answer to the first question. It considers that the process of entry of the breath into the body is due to the art of the mine resulting in sin and virtue. 2. Anadarama ed. rendo praskasys for fratkamasya.
