Verse 2

Prashna

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एतद्वै सत्यकाम परं चापरं च ब्रह्म यद् ओङ्कारः । तस्माद् विद्वान् एतेनैवायतनेनैकतरम् अन्वेति ॥२॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

एतत् । वै । सत्यकाम । परम् । च । अपरम् । च । ब्रह्म । यत् । ओङ्कारः । तस्मात् । विद्वान् । एतेन । एव । आयतनेन । एकतरम् । अन्वेति ॥२॥

IAST Transliteration

etad vai satyakāma paraṃ cāparaṃ ca brahma yad oṅkāraḥ | tasmād vidvān etenaivāyatanenaikataram anveti ||2||

Translation

This, indeed, O Satyakāma, is Brahman—both the higher and the lower—namely the syllable Oṃ. Therefore the knower, by this very support, attains one of the two.

Verse Context

• Para–apara Brahman; praṇava as ālambana (support) for graded realization
• Mahavakya: Indirect—connects to Mahāvākya intent by distinguishing saguṇa/nirguṇa approaches; Oṃ functions as a pedagogical bridge toward non-dual realization (e.g., ‘ayam ātmā brahma’ as the culmination).
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda—Prāśna Upaniṣad tradition (commonly associated with the Śaunaka recension) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose