Prashna Upanishad – I – Spiritual paths of the Moon and Sun – 3   «   »

Prashna Upanishad – I – Spiritual paths of the Moon and Sun – 3   «   »

अथ कबन्धी कात्यायन उपेत्य पप्रच्छ ।
भगवन् कुते ह वा इमाः प्रजाः प्रजायन्त इति ॥ १.३॥
atha kabandhī kātyāyana upetya papraccha .
bhagavan kute ha vā imāḥ prajāḥ prajāyanta iti .. 1.3..
Translation by Swami Sivananda
3 Then Kabandhi, the son of Katya, came to him and asked: Sir, whence are these creatures born? 

Translation by Max Mueller
3. Then Kabandhin Kâtyâyana approached him and asked: Sir, from whence may these creatures be born?

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Sri Shankara’s Commentary (Bhashya) translated by S. Sitarama Sastri

Then, i.e., after a year, Kabandhi having approached Kâtyâyana asked ‘Oh, worthy master, whence do these creatures, Brahmins and the rest, arise?’ This question is intended to elicit what results are attained and what path is gone through, by combining Aparavidya and Karma.

Links
Various resources on the Prashnopanishad
Upanishad Series – Kena Upanishad Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda

Prashna Upanishad – 3 – Prashna-1-3-atha kabandhī – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Prashna-1-3