{
  "id": "upanishads/prashna.1.4",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.4/",
  "work": {
    "key": "upanishads",
    "title": "Upaniṣads"
  },
  "ref": "prashna.1.4",
  "speaker": "Praśna Upaniṣad · Pippalāda",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "तस्मै स होवाच प्रजाकामो वै प्रजापतिः स तपोऽतप्यत\nस तपस्तप्त्वा स मिथुनमुत्पादयते ।\nरयिं च प्रणं\nचेत्येतौ मे बहुधा प्रजाः करिष्यत इति ॥ १.४ ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": false
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "tasmai sa hovāca prajākāmo vai prajāpatiḥ sa tapo'tapyata\nsa tapastaptvā sa mithunamutpādayate |\nrayiṃ ca praṇaṃ\ncetyetau me bahudhā prajāḥ kariṣyata iti || 1.4 ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "tasmai",
      "meaning": "to him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "sa",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "uvāca",
      "meaning": "said",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prajā-kāmaḥ",
      "meaning": "desiring offspring",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "vai",
      "meaning": "surely",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prajāpatiḥ",
      "meaning": "Prajāpati",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tapaḥ",
      "meaning": "austerity",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "atapyata",
      "meaning": "performed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tapaḥ",
      "meaning": "austerity",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "taptvā",
      "meaning": "having performed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "saḥ",
      "meaning": "he",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "mithunam",
      "meaning": "a pair",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "utpādayate",
      "meaning": "produces",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "rayim",
      "meaning": "matter",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meaning": "and",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prāṇam",
      "meaning": "life-breath",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meaning": "and",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "etau",
      "meaning": "these two",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "me",
      "meaning": "for me",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bahudhā",
      "meaning": "in many ways",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "prajāḥ",
      "meaning": "creatures",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "kariṣyataḥ",
      "meaning": "will make",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meaning": "thus",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "उसे उन्होंने कहा: 'प्रजा की कामना वाले प्रजापति ने तप किया। उन्होंने तप करके एक जोड़ा उत्पन्न किया — रयि (पदार्थ) और प्राण (जीवन-श्वास) — यह सोचकर कि ये दोनों मेरे लिए अनेक प्रकार की प्रजा उत्पन्न करेंगे।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "அவருக்கு அவர் கூறினார்: 'சந்ததியை விரும்பிய பிரஜாபதி தவம் செய்தார். தவம் செய்து ஓர் இணையை உருவாக்கினார் — ரயி (பொருள்) மற்றும் பிராணன் (உயிர்மூச்சு). ",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "వారితో ఆయన చెప్పాడు: 'ప్రజలను కోరిన ప్రజాపతి తపస్సు చేశాడు. తపస్సు చేసి ఒక జంటను సృష్టించాడు — రయి (పదార్థం) మరియు ప్రాణం (జీవశ్వాస). ఈ రెండూ నాకు అనేక విధాలుగా ప్రజలను సృష్టిస్తాయని.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಅವರಿಗೆ ಅವನು ಹೇಳಿದನು: 'ಪ್ರಜೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬಯಸಿದ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ ತಪಸ್ಸು ಮಾಡಿದನು. ತಪಸ್ಸು ಮಾಡಿ ಒಂದು ಜೋಡಿಯನ್ನು ಉತ್ಪಾದಿಸಿದನು — ರಯಿ (ವಸ್ತು) ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾಣ (ಜೀವಶ್ವಾಸ). ಈ ಎರಡೂ ನನಗೆ ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರಕಾರದ ಪ್ರಜೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುವವು ಎಂದು.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "അദ്ദേഹം അവനോടു പറഞ്ഞു: 'പ്രജകളെ ആഗ്രഹിച്ച പ്രജാപതി തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു. തപസ്സു ചെയ്ത് ഒരു ജോഡിയെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു — രയിയും (ദ്രവ്യം) പ്രാണനും (ജീവശ്വാസം). ഈ രണ്ടും എനിക്കു പല വിധത്തിൽ പ്രജകളെ സൃഷ്ടിക്കും എന്നു കരുതി.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "তিনি তাঁকে বললেন: 'প্রজাকাম প্রজাপতি তপস্যা করলেন। তপস্যা করে এক জোড়া উৎপন্ন করলেন — রয়ি (বস্তু) ও প্রাণ (জীবনশ্বাস)। ",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "त्याला तो म्हणाला: 'प्रजेची कामना करणाऱ्या प्रजापतीने तप केले. तप करून त्याने एक जोडी उत्पन्न केली — रयि (पदार्थ) आणि प्राण (जीवनश्वास). हे दोघे माझ्यासाठी अनेक प्रकारच्या प्रजा निर्माण करतील असे म्हणत.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "તેમને તેણે કહ્યું: 'પ્રજાની કામના કરનાર પ્રજાપતિએ તપ કર્યું. તપ કરીને તેણે એક જોડ ઉત્પન્ન કરી — રયિ (પદાર્થ) અને પ્રાણ (જીવનશ્વાસ). આ બંને મારી માટે અનેક રીતે પ્રજા સર્જશે એમ વિચારીને.'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ: 'ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਦੀ ਕਾਮਨਾ ਵਾਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ ਨੇ ਤਪ ਕੀਤਾ। ਤਪ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਇੱਕ ਜੋੜਾ ਪੈਦਾ ਕੀਤਾ — ਰਯਿ (ਪਦਾਰਥ) ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ (ਜੀਵਨ-ਸਾਹ)। ਇਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਕਈ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਬਣਾਉਣਗੇ।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "ତାଙ୍କୁ ସେ କହିଲେ: 'ପ୍ରଜାକାମ ପ୍ରଜାପତି ତପ କଲେ। ତପ କରି ସେ ଏକ ଯୋଡ଼ା ଉତ୍ପନ୍ନ କଲେ — ରୟି (ପଦାର୍ଥ) ଓ ପ୍ରାଣ (ଜୀବନଶ୍ୱାସ)। ଏ ଦୁଇଟି ମୋ ପାଇଁ ବହୁ ପ୍ରକାରର ପ୍ରଜା ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିବେ ବୋଲି।'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "اس سے اس نے کہا: 'پرجا کی خواہش رکھنے والے پرجاپتی نے تپسیا کی۔ تپسیا کر کے اس نے ایک جوڑا پیدا کیا — رئی (مادّہ) اور پران (زندگی کا سانس)۔ یہ دونوں میرے لیے طرح طرح کی رعایا پیدا کریں گے۔'",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "He said to him: \"Prajāpati, desiring offspring, performed austerity. Having performed austerity, he produced a pair: matter (rayi) and breath of life (prāṇa), thinking, 'These two will make creatures for me in many ways.'\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Él le dijo: «Prajāpati, deseando descendencia, practicó la austeridad. Tras practicarla, produjo una pareja: la materia (rayi) y el aliento de vida (prāṇa), pensando: \"Estos dos harán criaturas para mí de muchas maneras\"».",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Il lui dit : « Prajāpati, désirant une progéniture, pratiqua l'ascèse. Ayant pratiqué l'ascèse, il produisit un couple : la matière (rayi) et le souffle vital (prāṇa), en pensant : \"Ces deux-ci feront pour moi des créatures de bien des façons\". »",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Er sprach zu ihm: »Prajāpati, der Nachkommen wünschte, übte Askese. Nachdem er Askese geübt hatte, brachte er ein Paar hervor: Materie (rayi) und Lebensatem (prāṇa), in dem Gedanken: ›Diese beiden werden für mich auf vielerlei Weise Geschöpfe hervorbringen.‹«",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Disse-lhe: «Prajāpati, desejando descendência, praticou a austeridade. Tendo praticado a austeridade, produziu um par: a matéria (rayi) e o sopro vital (prāṇa), pensando: ‘Estes dois farão criaturas para mim de muitas maneiras’.»",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Тот сказал ему: «Праджапати, желая потомства, предался подвижничеству. Совершив подвижничество, он породил пару: материю (райи) и жизненное дыхание (прана), подумав: “Эти двое будут творить для меня существ многообразно”».",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "他对他说：“生育之愿的主宰 Prajāpati 修行苦行。修行苦行之后，他生出一对：物质（rayi）与生命气息（prāṇa），心想：‘这二者将为我以多种方式造出众生。’”",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "彼は言った。「子孫を望む主宰神プラジャーパティは苦行を行った。苦行を終えると、彼は一対を生み出した。物質（ラヨーi）と生気（プラーナ）である。『この二つが私のために多様な生きものを生み出すだろう』と考えて。」",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "قال له: «إن براجاباتي، إذ يريد ذرية، مارس التقشف. وبعد أن مارس التقشف، أنتج زوجًا: المادة (رايي) ونَفَس الحياة (براna)، مفكرًا: \"هذان سيخلقان لي الكائنات بأشكال شتى\"».",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Ia berkata kepadanya: \"Prajāpati, yang menginginkan keturunan, melakukan tapa. Setelah bertapa, ia menghasilkan sepasang: materi (rayi) dan napas kehidupan (prāṇa), dengan pikiran, \"Keduanya ini akan menciptakan makhluk bagiku dalam banyak cara.\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ฤๅษีตอบเขาว่า \"ประชาบดีผู้ปรารถนาบุตร ได้บำเพ็ญตบะ เมื่อบำเพ็ญตบะแล้ว ก็ให้กำเนิดคู่หนึ่งคือ รยิ (วัตถุ) และ ปรณ (ลมหายใจชีวิต) โดยคิดว่า 'คู่นี้จะสร้างสัตว์ทั้งหลายให้แก่เราในหลายรูปแบบ'\"",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Praśna Upaniṣad, Sanskrit Wikisource, page “प्रश्न उपनिषद्” (revision 400463)",
    "license": "Public domain text; Wikisource page CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D&oldid=400463"
  },
  "topics": [
    "prajapati",
    "creation",
    "tapas"
  ],
  "citation": "Praśna Upaniṣad 1.4. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/upanishads/prashna.1.4/"
}