Prashna Upanishad: Verse 1.15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद्ये ह वै तत्प्रजापतिव्रतं चरन्ति ते मिथुनमुत्पादयन्ते। तेषामेवैष ब्रह्मलोको येषां तपो ब्रह्मचर्यं येषु सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम्॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् ये ह वै तत्-प्रजापति-व्रतम् चरन्ति ते मिथुनम् उत्-पादयन्ते । तेषाम् एव एषः ब्रह्म-लोकः येषाम् तपः ब्रह्मचर्यम् येषु सत्यम् प्रति-ष्ठितम् ॥१५॥

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 1.15

IAST Transliteration

tad ye ha vai tat-prajāpati-vrataṃ caranti te mithunam utpādayanti | teṣām evaiṣa brahmaloko yeṣāṃ tapo brahmacaryaṃ yeṣu satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ||15||

Translation

ആ പ്രജാപതി-വ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നവർ മിഥുനം (യുഗളം/സന്തതി-സൃഷ്ടി) ഉത്പാദിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. അവർക്കുമാത്രമേ ഈ ബ്രഹ്മലോകം ഉള്ളൂ—യാരിൽ തപസ്സും ബ്രഹ്മചര്യവും നിലനിൽക്കുന്നു, യാരിൽ സത്യം ദൃഢമായി പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതമാണ്.

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Academic Translation

Now, those who practice that vow of Prajāpati, they produce the pair (offspring/creative duality). For them alone is this Brahma-world—(for those) in whom austerity and brahmacarya (continence/discipline) are present, and in whom truth is established.

Verse Context

• Tapas–brahmacarya–satya as sādhana; Brahmaloka as fruit of disciplined life; dharma as support for higher attainment
• Mahavakya: Indirect: presents ethical-austerity disciplines as qualifications (adhikāritva) for realizing mahāvākya knowledge; Brahmaloka is a graded fruit, ultimately transcended by brahmajñāna.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (Prashna Upanishad; traditionally linked with the Paippalāda tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose