Verse 15

Kaivalya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतस्माज्जायते प्राणो मनः सर्वेन्द्रियाणि च ।

खं वायुर्ज्योतिरापश्च पृथ्वी विश्वस्य धारिणी ॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एतस्मात् । जायते । प्राणः । मनः । सर्व-इन्द्रियाणि । च ।

खम् । वायुः । ज्योतिः । आपः । च । पृथ्वी । विश्वस्य । धारिणी ।

IAST Transliteration

etasmāj jāyate prāṇo manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca |

khaṃ vāyur jyotir āpaś ca pṛthivī viśvasya dhāriṇī ||15||

Translation

From this arise prāṇa, mind, and all the senses; ether, air, fire, waters, and earth, the supporter of the universe.

Verse Context

• Brahman as source/support; emergence of prāṇa-manas-indriyas and pañca-bhūtas; non-dual causality
• Mahavakya: Correlates with ‘prajñānam brahma’ by implying consciousness as the ground from which all faculties arise; supports ‘tat tvam asi’ style cause–effect identity: the essence of the individual (with prāṇa/mind) is that very source.
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Kaivalya Upaniṣad; traditionally associated with Śaunaka tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like śloka (two lines with 8-syllable cadence approximations; Upaniṣadic śloka style)