To them, verily, belongs that world of Brahman free from stain; not to those in whom there is crookedness, falsehood and deception.

The first praśna (question) concludes with a clear warning. The Brahmaloka is viraja — free from stains, pure, immaculate. Only those who are pure in intention can inhabit it.

The three impurities that exclude are:

• Jihma — crookedness, lack of rectitude
• Anṛta — falsehood, deception
• Māyā — illusion, deceptive appearance

These are not just external lies, but the fundamental self-deception — the belief that we are the body-mind, the identification with the impermanent.

The Brahmaloka is not a “place” to which we arrive, but a state of being that we discover when we eliminate these three stains. When we are completely straight (ṛju), completely true (satya), and free from illusion (māyā-mukta), then we are Brahman itself.

For the yogī, this teaching is practical: each day, in every interaction, we choose between rectitude and crookedness, between truth and falsehood, between clarity and illusion. Those choices determine our destiny.

The Praśna Upaniṣad is not speculative philosophy, but a manual of transformation. Every word is designed to purify the reader and lead them toward the ultimate truth.