The Fifth praśna takes up the problems of means to the attainment, the Upanişad having thus far dealt with the nature of man, his origin, his breaths, body and the states of cons- ciousness. The means for the attainment is the meditation upon Brahman or the supreme Self with the Praňava compris- ing three mäträs (three moments). The same Praņava when uttered with two mätrās two moments) leads to the middle world (antariksa) whereas the Pranava uttered with one matra leads to the Earth world (human world). The results of such attainments are also stated. The Sixth praśna deals with the Man (puruşa) with sixteen parts of the total Man. Breath, faith, ether, air, light water, earth, senses, mind, food, strength, tapas, mantras, action, worlds, of enjoyment) and Names, these are stated to be parts of man. Their unity is called man. But when these forms and names are dissolved, then the Man remains without the sixteen parts, without forms and names. In that status he is called the Person partless and immortal. The passage is however interpreted in the Bhāşya as referring to the Parama- puruşa. He is Akala and Amrta. It is He who must be known by all those who want to be liberated. One should know Him meditate upon Him if one aspires to be free from the worries of death i r, samsara.
