प्रश्नोपनिषद

atharvaved ki pippalad shakha ke brahman bhag se sambandhit is upanishad mean jijnasuoan dvara maharshi pippalad se chhah prashn poochhe gaye haian.
pahala prashn
katyayan kabandhi-'bhagavan! yah praja kisase utpann hoti hai?'
maharshi pippalad-'praja-vriddhi ki ichchha karane vale prajapati brahma ne 'rayi' aur 'pran' namak ek yugal se praja ki utpann karaee.'
vastut: pran gati pradan karane vala chetan tattv hai. rayi use dharan karake vividh roop dene mean samarth prakriti hai. is prakar brahma mithun-karm dvara srishti ko utpann karata hai.
doosara prashn
rrishi bhargav-'he bhagavan! praja dharan karane vale devataoan ki sankhya kitani hai aur unamean varishth kaun hai?'
maharshi pippalad-'prithvi, jal, agni, vayu aur akash tatha man, pran, vani, netr aur shrotr adi sabhi dev haian. ye jiv ke ashrayadata hai. sabhi devataoan mean pran hi sarvashreshth hai. sabhi indriyaan pran ke ashray mean hi rahati haian.'
tisara prashn
kausaly ashvalayan—'he maharshi! is 'pran' ki utpatti kahaan se hoti hai, yah sharir mean kaise pravesh karata hai aur kaise bahar nikal jata hai tatha kaise donoan ke madhy rahata hai?'
maharshi pippalad—' is pran ki utpatti atma se hoti hai. jaise sharir ki chhaya sharir se utpann hoti hai aur usi mean sama jati hai, usi prakar pran atma se prakat hota hai aur usi mean sama jata hai. vah pran man ke sankalp se sharir mean pravesh karata hai. maranakal mean yah atma ke sath hi bahar nikalakar doosari yoniyoan mean chala jata hai.'
chautha prashn
gargy rrishi-' he bhagavan! is purush deh mean kaun-si indri shayan karati hai aur kaun-si jagrat rahati hai? kaun-si indri svapn dekhati hai aur kaun-si sukh anubhav karati hai? ye sab kisamean sthit hai?'
maharshi pippalad—'he gargy! jis prakar soory ki rashmiyaan soory ke ast hote hi soory mean simat jati haian aur usake udit hote hi pun: bikhar jati haian usi prakar samast indriyaan paramadev man mean ekatr ho jati haian. tab is purush ka bolana-chalana, dekhana-sunana, svad-asvad, sooanghana-sparsh karana adi sabhi kuchh rook jata hai. usaki sthiti soye hue vyakti-jaisi ho jati hai.'
'sote samay pran-roop agni hi jagrat rahati hai. usi ke dvara any soee huee indriyaan keval anubhav matr karati haian, jabaki ve soee huee hoti haian.'
paanchavaan prashn
satyakam—'he bhagavan! jo manushy jivan bhar 'Om' ka dhyan karata hai, vah kis lok ko prapt karata hai?'
maharshi pippalad—'he satyakam! yah 'Omkar' hi vastav mean 'parabrahm' hai. 'Om' ka smaran karane vala brahmalok ko hi prapt karata hai. yah tejomay sooryalok hi brahmalok hai.'
chhatha prashn
sukesha bharadvaj—'he bhagavan! kausal desh ke rajapurush hiranyanabh ne solah kalaoan se yukt purush ke bare mean mujhase prashn kiya tha, parantu maian use nahian bata saka. kya ap kisi aise purush ke vishay mean janakari rakhate haian?'
maharshi pippalad—'he saumy! jis purush mean solah kalaean utpann hoti haian, vah is sharir mean hi virajaman hai. us purush ne sarvapratham 'pran' ka srijan kiya. taduparant pran se 'shraddha', 'akash', 'vayu', 'jyoti', 'prithvi', 'indriyaan', 'man' aur 'ann' ka srijan kiya. ann se 'viry' , 'tap', 'mantr', 'karm', 'lok' evan 'nam' adi solah kalaoan ka srijan kiya.'

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