Prashna Upanishad 5: Verse 5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आदित्यो ह वै प्राणो रयिरेव चन्द्रमा रयिर्वा एतत् सर्वं यन्मूर्तं चामूर्तं च तस्मान्मूर्तिरेव रयिः ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

आदित्यः । ह । वै । प्राणः । रयिः । एव । चन्द्रमा । रयिः । वा । एतत् । सर्वम् । यत् । मूर्तम् । च । अमूर्तम् । च । तस्मात् । मूर्तिः । एव । रयिः ॥

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 5

IAST Transliteration

ādityo ha vai prāṇo rayiḥ eva candramā rayiḥ vā etat sarvam yat mūrtam ca amūrtam ca tasmāt mūrtir eva rayiḥ ||5||

Translation

Le soleil est certes Prana ; la lune est Rayi. Tout cela, ce qui a forme et ce qui est sans forme, est Rayi. Par conséquent, la forme elle-même est certes Rayi.

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Academic Translation

The sun is indeed Prana; the moon is Rayi. All this, whatever is formed and formless, is Rayi. Therefore, form itself is indeed Rayi.

Verse Context

• Prana-Rayi duality mapped onto solar-lunar cosmology; the identification of all form (murti) with Rayi (matter principle)
• Mahavakya: Not a Mahavakya directly, but supports the cosmological framework underlying 'Tat Tvam Asi' by distinguishing the material (Rayi) from the vital principle (Prana), pointing toward the non-dual source beyond both
• Atharva Veda
• Paippalada (Pipplapada) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (Upanishadic prose, non-metrical)