Prashna Upanishad: Verse 1.16

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॥

Recitation with translationPrashna Upanishad 1.16

IAST Transliteration

teṣām asau virajo brahmaloko na yeṣu jihmam anṛtaṃ na māyā ceti ||16||

Translation

அவர்களுக்கு அந்த மாசற்ற பிரஹ்மலோகம் கிடைக்கும்—அவர்களில் வஞ்சகம் இல்லை, பொய் இல்லை, மேலும் மாயையின் செயற்பாடும் இல்லை.

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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)