Prashna Upanishad: Verse 1.16
तेषामसौ विरजो ब्रह्मलोको न येषु जिह्ममनृतं न माया चेति ॥१६॥
तेषाम् । असौ । विरजः । ब्रह्मलोकः । न । येषु । जिह्मम् । अनृतम् । न । माया । च । इति ॥१६॥
teṣām asau virajo brahmaloko na yeṣu jihmam anṛtaṃ na māyā ceti ||16||
जिनके अंदर कोई टेढ़ा-मेढ़ा नहीं, झूठ नहीं, माया का खेल नहीं, उनके लिए ब्रह्मा की दुनिया है। वो दुनिया बिल्कुल साफ है, कोई दाग नहीं।
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.
- teṣām asau: external sandhi not applied (final -m before vowel may show anusvāra in some recensions). virajo brahmaloko: underlying virajaḥ brahmalokaḥ
- visarga before voiced consonant often realized as -o (jihvāmūlīya/visarga sandhi), hence virajo. māyā ceti: ca + iti → ceti (vowel sandhi: a + i = e)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Moksha; Brahmaloka; purity (śuddhi) as fitness for Brahma-realization; Māyā as delusion
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect—supports the purificatory and truth-aligned discipline that culminates in realization expressed by mahāvākyas (e.g., ‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’), though not itself a mahāvākya.
- Veda
- Atharva Veda
- Shakha
- Atharvaveda (Paippalāda-śākhā)
- Chandas
- Prose (Upaniṣadic)
Yoga and practice
Satya and ārjava (truthfulness and straightforwardness) as prerequisites for higher meditation; cultivation of viveka to see through māyā; śama–dama and inner purity as preparation for nididhyāsana on Brahman.
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