Prashna Upanishad: Verse 2.5

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

एषोऽग्निस्तपत्येष सूर्य एष पर्जन्यो मघवानेष वायुः एष पृथिवी रयिर्देवः सदसच्चामृतं च यत् ॥५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

eṣaḥ / agniḥ / tapati / eṣa / sūrya / eṣa / parjanyaḥ / maghavān / eṣa / vāyuḥ / eṣa / pṛthivī / rayiḥ / devaḥ / sat / asat / ca / amṛtam / ca / yat

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 2.5

IAST Transliteration

eṣo'gniḥ tapatyeṣa sūrya eṣa parjanyo maghavāneṣa vāyuḥ eṣa pṛthivī rayirdevaḥ sad asac cāmṛtaṃ ca yat

Translation

ഈ [പ്രാണ]നാണ് എരിയുന്ന അഗ്നി; ഇതാണ് സൂര്യൻ; ഇതാണ് പർജന്യൻ, ദാതാവായ ഇന്ദ്രൻ; ഇതാണ് വായു; ഇതാണ് പൃഥ്വി, ദിവ്യ സമ്പത്ത്; [ഇത്] സത്തും അസത്തും രണ്ടും, അമൃതവും.

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Academic Translation

This [prāṇa] is the fire that burns; this is the sun; this is Parjanya [the rain-cloud], the bountiful one [Indra]; this is Vāyu [the wind]; this is Pṛthivī [the earth], the divine wealth; [it is] both being (sat) and non-being (asat), and immortality (amṛtam).

Verse Context

• Prāṇa as the all-pervading cosmic vital force (Vaiśvānara), identical with all natural elements and transcendent principles
• Mahavakya: Relates to 'Ayam Ātmā Brahma' (Mandukya Upanishad) by identifying the immanent vital force (prāṇa) with the totality of cosmic existence, implying the self within (ayam) is identical with the universal principle (Brahman).
• Atharva Veda
• Paippalada Shakha Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (Gadya)