6 PRASNOPANISHAD-BHASHYA [L. 6-8 1. 6 & 7. Athaditya udayan yat prācim disam pravi. šati tena pracyān prāņān rasmisu sannidha- tte. yad dakşinām yat pratioim yad udioin yad adho yad ürdhvam yad antarā diśo yat sarvam prakasayati tena' sarvan prānān rasmisu sannidhatte. (6) sa esa vaisvānaro visparūpah prano'gnir udayate. Tad etad rca 'bhyuktam. (7) Now when the sun rising up enters the eastern direction by that (he) places in his rays the eastern breaths. When he enters the south, the west, the north, below, and above and the directions between, when he illumines all, by that he places all the breaths in his rays. Such this Vaisvānara, one having all as his form, the Breath, the fire, rises up: This is stated in the rk (verse): 1. 8. Visvarūpam hariņam jātavedasam para yanam jyotir ekam tapantam: sahasrarasmih šatadhā vartamanah prānaḥ prajānām udayatyeşa sūryah: The Sun, with thousand rays, the breath of Beings following Hari. having all for his form, the manifestor of the Vedas, the ultimate goal, the one burning effulgenca, rises up hundredfold. COMMENTARY: Atha Adityaḥ : Now the Sun. After explaining Rayi, the Sun.' is being explained' is to be supplied In other words the reason why the enjoyer called here Aditya' is called Breath 'Prana', is given ; Udayan yat pracim disam pravišati : When becoming awaked from its state of deep sleep (suşupti), this soul, jiva, illumjning all, the east, south, west, north, below, above and those spaces between these, upbears all the organs that lie in these directions, through its rays called functional consciousness or cognition (dharma-bhuta-jñana). Therefore
