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Prashna Upanishad – III – Origin and Nature of Prana – 2   «   »

तस्मै स होवाचातिप्रश्नान् पृच्छसि ब्रह्मिष्ठोऽसीति
तस्मात्तेऽहं ब्रवीमि ॥ ३.२॥
tasmai sa hovācātipraśnān pṛcchasi brahmiṣṭho’sīti
tasmātte’haṃ bravīmi .. 3.2..
Translation by Swami Sivananda
2 To him the teacher replied: You are asking difficult questions; you must be exceedingly devoted to Brahman. Therefore I will answer you. 

Translation by Max Mueller
2. He replied: You ask questions more difficult, but you are very fond of Brahman, therefore I shall tell it you.

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

Thus questioned, the preceptor, said to him, Prâna himself, being difficult to know, is fit for intricate questioning. You question about the origin, etc., even of him. Therefore, you ask questions about transcending things. As you are eminently, a knower of Brahman, I am delighted and shall tell you what you ask about. Listen.

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

Prashna Upanishad – 2 – Prashna-3-2-tasmai sa – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Prashna-3-2