Prashna Upanishad – VI – The Purusha of 16 Kalas – 6   «   »

Prashna Upanishad – VI – The Purusha of 16 Kalas – 6   «   »

अरा इव रथनाभौ कला यस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठिताः ।
तं वेद्यं पुरुषं वेद यथ मा वो मृत्युः परिव्यथा इति ॥ ६.६॥
arā iva rathanābhau kalā yasminpratiṣṭhitāḥ .
taṃ vedyaṃ puruṣaṃ veda yatha mā vo mṛtyuḥ parivyathā iti .. 6.6..
Translation by Swami Sivananda
6 Know Him, the Purusha, who alone is to he known and in whom the parts rest firm, like the spokes in the nave of a wheel, that death may not affect you. 

Translation by Max Mueller
6. That person who is to be known, he in whom these parts rest, like spokes in the nave of a wheel, you know him, lest death should hurt you.’

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

As the spokes of a wheel are centred in the nave of the wheel, and depend on it, so the kalâs, Prâna, etc., are centred in the Purusha during their creation, support and destruction. Know that Purusha the Âtman of all kalâs, worthy to be known (Purusha, because he is all-pervading, or because he stays in the heart); so, O disciples! death may not harm you. If the Purusha be not known, you will certainly become miserable, subject to the grief caused by death. The drift is that it may not so befall them.

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

Prashna Upanishad – 6 – Prashna-6-6-arā iva rathanābhau – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Prashna-6-6