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परमेवाक्षरं प्रतिपद्यते स यो ह वै तदच्छायमशरीरमलोहितं
शुभ्रमक्षरं वेदयते यस्तु सोम्य । स सर्वज्ञः सर्वो भवति ।
तदेष श्लोकः ॥ ४.१०॥
paramevākṣaraṃ pratipadyate sa yo ha vai tadacchāyamaśarīramalohitaṃ
śubhramakṣaraṃ vedayate yastu somya . sa sarvajñaḥ sarvo bhavati .
tadeṣa ślokaḥ .. 4.10..
Translation by Swami Sivananda
10 He who knows that imperishable Being, bright, without shadow, without body, without colour, verily attains the Supreme, the undecaying Purusha, O my good friend, he who knows Atman becomes all knowing, becomes all. About it there is the following verse: 

Translation by Max Mueller
10. He who knows that indestructible being, obtains (what is) the highest and indestructible, he without a shadow, without a body, without colour, bright–,yes, O friend, he who knows it, becomes all-knowing, becomes all. On this there is this Sloka:

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Sri Shankara’s Commentary (Bhashya) translated by S. Sitarama Sastri

Com.—The fruits of one who realises the oneness of the âtman are stated. He surely attains the supreme, undecaying âtman, hereafter described. He who being freed from all desires, knows that, shadowless, i.e., free from Tamas or ignorance, bodiless, i.e., devoid of body subject to conditions of name, form, etc., alôhitam, i.e., devoid of all gunas (attributes) such as Rajas; because thus, therefore, pure; undecaying, because devoid of all attributes the eternal known as purusha having no Prâna, not perceivable by the mind, bliss in its nature and free from all misery, existing without and within all, unborn. Who renounces everything, good-looking youth! there can be nothing which is not known by him. Owing to ignorance he was not omniscient before; subsequently, by the removal of ignorance, by knowledge, he becomes all. The following verse briefly conveys the drift stated.

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Various resources on the Prashnopanishad
Upanishad Series – Kena Upanishad Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda

Prashna Upanishad – 10 – Prashna-4-10-paramevākṣaraṃ – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Prashna-4-10