Verse 15

Prashna

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तद्ये ह वै तत्प्रजापतिव्रतं चरन्ति ते मिथुनमुत्पादयन्ते। तेषामेवैष ब्रह्मलोको येषां तपो ब्रह्मचर्यं येषु सत्यं प्रतिष्ठितम्॥१५॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत् ये ह वै तत्-प्रजापति-व्रतम् चरन्ति ते मिथुनम् उत्-पादयन्ते । तेषाम् एव एषः ब्रह्म-लोकः येषाम् तपः ब्रह्मचर्यम् येषु सत्यम् प्रति-ष्ठितम् ॥१५॥

IAST Transliteration

tad ye ha vai tat-prajāpati-vrataṃ caranti te mithunam utpādayanti | teṣām evaiṣa brahmaloko yeṣāṃ tapo brahmacaryaṃ yeṣu satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam ||15||

Translation

于是，凡奉行那生主（Prajāpati）之誓戒者，便能生起“成对”（后嗣，创造之二相）。唯有他们得享梵界：即那些具足苦行与梵行（brahmacarya，清净自持），并于其中真理安住确立的人。

Academic Translation

Now, those who practice that vow of Prajāpati, they produce the pair (offspring/creative duality). For them alone is this Brahma-world—(for those) in whom austerity and brahmacarya (continence/discipline) are present, and in whom truth is established.

Verse Context

• Tapas–brahmacarya–satya as sādhana; Brahmaloka as fruit of disciplined life; dharma as support for higher attainment
• Mahavakya: Indirect: presents ethical-austerity disciplines as qualifications (adhikāritva) for realizing mahāvākya knowledge; Brahmaloka is a graded fruit, ultimately transcended by brahmajñāna.
• Atharva
• Atharvaveda (Prashna Upanishad; traditionally linked with the Paippalāda tradition) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose