Beginner (जिज्ञासु): Direct entry: original verse, clear literal translation, and accessible life takeaway. (मूल श्लोक, सरल शब्दार्थ और जीवनोपयोगी सार।)
तस्मै स होवाच प्रजाकामो वै प्रजापतिः स तपोऽतप्यत स तपस्तप्त्वा स मिथुनमुत्पादयते रयिं च प्राणं चेत्येतौ मे बहुधा प्रजाः करिष्यत इति
Explain this line · इस पंक्ति को सरल भाषा में समझें
tasmai sa hovāca prajākāmo vai prajāpatiḥ sa tapo'tapyata sa tapastaptvā sa mithunamutpādayate rayiṃ ca prāṇaṃ cetyetau me bahudhā prajāḥ kariṣyata iti
मूल पाठ सहायकReading aid for the sourceWord by word (पदच्छेद व अन्वय)पदच्छेद
Creation begins with desire (kāma), takes shape through tapas (concentrated heat/discipline), and produces a polarity (mithuna) — matter and life. All subsequent multiplicity arises from this primal pair.
उसने उसे कहा — "प्रजापति ने सन्तान की कामना से तप किया। तप करके उसने एक जोड़ी उत्पन्न की — रयि (पदार्थ) और प्राण (चेतना) — यह सोचकर कि 'ये दोनों मेरे लिए अनेक प्राणी बनाएँगे'।"
अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।
To him he said: "Prajāpati, desiring offspring, performed tapas. Having performed tapas, he produced the primal pair — Rayi (matter) and Prāṇa (life) — thinking: 'These two will make many beings for me.'"
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
परम्परागत भाष्यTraditional commentaryTraditional Commentary (परम्परागत भाष्य)परम्परागत भाष्य
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Original Sanskrit
Source scripture
तस्मै स होवाच प्रजाकामो वै प्रजापतिः स तपोऽतप्यत स तपस्तप्त्वा स मिथुनमुत्पादयते रयिं च प्राणं चेत्येतौ मे बहुधा प्रजाः करिष्यत इति ॥
Literal translation
Translation of the source text
To him he said: "Prajāpati, desiring offspring, performed tapas. Having performed tapas, he produced the primal pair — Rayi (matter) and Prāṇa (life) — thinking: 'These two will make many beings for me.'"
Traditional commentary
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Simple explanation
Editorial explanation, not scripture
Creation begins with desire (kāma), takes shape through tapas (concentrated heat/discipline), and produces a polarity (mithuna) — matter and life. All subsequent multiplicity arises from this primal pair.
Creation begins with desire (kāma), takes shape through tapas (concentrated heat/discipline), and produces a polarity (mithuna) — matter and life. All subsequent multiplicity arises from this primal pair.
शोध संदर्भResearch context · not scriptureComparative Research Noteशोध टिप्पणी
उसने उसे कहा — "प्रजापति ने सन्तान की कामना से तप किया। धीमी और लंबी श्वास वेगस तंत्रिका को सक्रिय कर हृदय की गति और भय-प्रतिक्रिया को शांत करती है। यह पंक्ति उसी श्वास-मन संबंध को कहती है।
A modern parallel offered for reflection. It is not part of the scripture, and it has not been checked against the original sources it may allude to.
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- Sanskrit text
- sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat · fetched 2026-06-02
- Translations
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- Explanation, reflection, research
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- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- Licence note (as recorded)
- Sanskrit mūla — public domain (2500+ years old). sanskritdocuments.org publishes digitized text under permissive terms.
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