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Prashna Upanishad: Verse 1.14

अन्नं वै प्रजापतिः। ततो ह वै तद्रेतः। तस्मादिमाः प्रजाः प्रजायन्त इति॥१४॥

अन्नम् वै प्रजापतिः । ततः ह वै तत् रेतः । तस्मात् इमाः प्रजाः प्र-जायन्ते इति ॥१४॥

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 1.14

annaṃ vai prajāpatiḥ | tato ha vai tad retaḥ | tasmād imāḥ prajāḥ prajāyanta iti ||14||

अन्नमेव प्रजापतिः; तस्मादेव रेतः सम्भवति। तस्मात् तदुत्पत्त्या इमाः प्रजाः प्रजायन्ते।

Food, indeed, is Prajāpati. From that, indeed, is that seed (semen/creative essence). Therefore these creatures are born.

annamfood
annam:
TypeNoun
Rootanna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
vaiindeed
vai:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
prajāpatiḥPrajāpati
prajāpatiḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootprajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tataḥfrom that/thereupon
tataḥ:
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
Formअपादान/क्रमवाचक अव्यय
haindeed (Vedic particle)
ha:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootha (अव्यय)
Formवैदिक निपात (स्मरण/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थ)
vaiindeed
vai:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
tatthat
tat:
TypePronoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
retaḥseed/semen
retaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootretas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
tasmātfrom that
tasmāt:
TypePronoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी, एकवचन (पुं/नपुं)
imāḥthese
imāḥ:
TypePronoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
prajāḥcreatures/offspring
prajāḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
prajāyanteare born/come into being
prajāyante:
TypeVerb
Rootpra√jan (धातु)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय
  • ततो ह → ततः + ह
  • तद्रेतः → तत् + रेतः
  • तस्मादिमाः → तस्मात् + इमाः
Rayi/anna (matter, food) as creative principle; Prajāpati as material cause in cosmological teachingMahavakya: Indirect: cosmological account (sṛṣṭi-prakriyā) used as a teaching aid; not a direct mahāvākya but can serve as preparatory understanding before non-dual identity teachings.AtharvaAtharvaveda (Prashna Upanishad; traditionally linked with the Paippalāda tradition) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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