Verse 16

Prashna

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तेषामसौ विरजो ब्रह्मलोको न येषु जिह्ममनृतं न माया चेति ॥१६॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तेषाम् । असौ । विरजः । ब्रह्मलोकः । न । येषु । जिह्मम् । अनृतम् । न । माया । च । इति ॥१६॥

IAST Transliteration

teṣām asau virajo brahmaloko na yeṣu jihmam anṛtaṃ na māyā ceti ||16||

Translation

उनके लिए वह निर्मल ब्रह्मलोक प्राप्त होता है—जिनमें न कुटिलता है, न असत्य, और न ही माया का प्रवर्तन।

Academic Translation

For them, that stainless world of Brahman (is attained)—for those in whom there is neither crookedness nor untruth, nor (the operation of) māyā, indeed.

Verse Context

• Moksha; Brahmaloka; purity (śuddhi) as fitness for Brahma-realization; Māyā as delusion
• Mahavakya: Indirect—supports the purificatory and truth-aligned discipline that culminates in realization expressed by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’), though not itself a mahāvākya.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (Paippalāda-śākhā) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (Upaniṣadic)