Prashna Upanishad: Verse 2.7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्रजापतिश्चरसि गर्भे त्वमेव प्रतिजायसे । तुभ्यं प्राण प्रजास्त्विमा बलिं हरन्ति यः प्रणैः प्रतितिष्ठसि ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

prajāpatiḥ / carasi / garbhe / tvam / eva / pratijāyase / tubhyam / prāṇa / prajāḥ / tu / imā / balim / haranti / yaḥ / praṇaiḥ / pratitiṣṭhasi

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 2.7

IAST Transliteration

prajāpatiścarasi garbhe tvameva pratijāyase | tubhyaṃ prāṇa prajāstvimā baliṃ haranti yaḥ praṇaiḥ pratitiṣṭhasi

Translation

प्राण, तुम माँ के पेट में प्रजापति बन के घूमते हो। तुम खुद बा खुद बार-बार पैदा होते हो। तुम्हारे लिए यह सारी जीव बलि ले कर आते हैं। तुम प्राण के सहारे स्थित हो।

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Academic Translation

You, O Prāṇa, move in the womb as Prajāpati; you yourself are born again and again. To you, O Prāṇa, these very creatures bring offerings; you who are established by means of the prāṇas.

Verse Context

• Prāṇa as Prajāpati—the cosmic creator, sustainer, and self-renewing vital force that enters the womb and generates all beings
• Mahavakya: This verse resonates with 'Tat Tvam Asi' (Chandogya Upanishad) by collapsing the distinction between the creator (Prajāpati/Tat) and the individual vital force (tvam), suggesting that the prāṇa within each being is none other than the cosmic creator.
• Atharva Veda
• Paippalada Shakha Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with metrical variations; first pada has 9 syllables)