Prashna Upanishad: Verse 1.12
मासो वै प्रजापतिस्तस्य कृष्णपक्ष एव रयिः शुक्लः प्रणस्तस्मादेत ऋषयः शुक्ल इष्टं कुर्वन्तीतर इतरस्मिन् ॥१२॥
मासः । वै । प्रजापतिः । तस्य । कृष्ण-पक्षः । एव । रयिः । शुक्लः । प्राणः । तस्मात् । एते । ऋषयः । शुक्ले । इष्टम् । कुर्वन्ति । इतरे । इतरस्मिन् ॥
māso vai prajāpatis tasya kṛṣṇapakṣa eva rayiḥ śuklaḥ praṇastasmādeta ṛṣayaḥ śukla iṣṭaṃ kurvantītar itarasmin ॥
मासो वै प्रजापतिस्तस्य कृष्णपक्ष एव रयिः शुक्लः प्रणस्तस्मादेत ऋषयः शुक्ल इष्टं कुर्वन्तीतर इतरस्मिन् ॥
The month indeed is Prajapati. Its dark fortnight is indeed Rayi (matter); its bright fortnight is Prana. Therefore, these seers perform the sacrificial act in the bright fortnight; others [perform it] in the other [dark fortnight].
- māsaḥ → māsaḥ (visarga before v)
- prajāpatiḥ → prajāpatiḥ (visarga before t)
- kṛṣṇapakṣaḥ → kṛṣṇapakṣaḥ (visarga before e)
- rayiḥ → rayiḥ (visarga before ś)
- śuklaḥ → śuklaḥ (visarga before pr)
- praṇastasmāt → praṇaḥ+tasmāt (visarga→s before t)
- kurvantītar → kurvanti+itarasmin → kurvanti+itaraḥ (i+i→ī, then itaraḥ+asmin → itarasmin)
- śukla iṣṭaṃ → śuklaḥ+iṣṭam
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