Verse 4

Prashna

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अथ यदि द्विमात्रेण मनसि सम्पद्यते सोऽन्तरिक्षं यजुर्भिरुन्नीयते सोमलोकम् । स सोमलोके विभूतिमनुभूय पुनरावर्तते ॥४॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अथ । यदि । द्वि-मात्रेण । मनसि । सम्पद्यते । सः । अन्तरिक्षम् । यजुःभिः । उन्नीयते । सोम-लोकम् । सः । सोम-लोके । विभूतिम् । अनुभूय । पुनः । आवर्तते ॥४॥

IAST Transliteration

atha yadi dvimātreṇa manasi sampadyate so 'ntarikṣaṃ yajurbhir unnīyate somalokam | sa somaloke vibhūtim anubhūya punar āvartate ||4||

Translation

پھر اگر وہ دو ماتراؤں کے ذریعہ من میں ثابت ہو جائے تو یجُس کے منتر اسے اُٹھا کر بین الفضا کے مقام سے سوما لوک تک لے جاتے ہیں۔ سوما لوک میں وہ جلال و فروغ کا تجربہ کر کے پھر دوبارہ لوٹ آتا ہے۔

Academic Translation

Then, if by the two-mātrā (two measures) he becomes established in mind, he is raised by the Yajus-formulas to the intermediate region, to the world of Soma. Having experienced splendor in the Soma-world, he returns again.

Verse Context

• Gradation of upāsanā and its phala (loka); saṃsāric ascent and return (punarāvṛtti)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: shows that partial praṇava-meditation yields finite results; points by contrast to knowledge implied by mahāvākyas as the only means to end punarāvṛtti
• Atharva
• Atharva-veda (Prāśna Upaniṣad; commonly transmitted within Atharvaṇic corpus; specific śākhā not firmly fixed in surviving tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose