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

ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਈ ਨਿਰਮਲ, ਦਾਗ਼-ਰਹਿਤ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਲੋਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ—ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਾ ਵਕਰਤਾ ਹੈ, ਨਾ ਅਸੱਤ, ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਦੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਆ, ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ।

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)