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अथ यदि द्विमात्रेण मनसि सम्पद्यते सोऽन्तरिक्षं
यजुर्भिरुन्नीयते सोमलोकम् । स सोमलोके विभुतिमनुभूय
पुनरावर्तते ॥ ५.४॥
atha yadi dvimātreṇa manasi sampadyate so’ntarikṣaṃ
yajurbhirunnīyate somalokam . sa somaloke vibhutimanubhūya
punarāvartate .. 5.4..
Translation by Swami Sivananda
4 If, again, he meditates on the second letter, he attains the mind and is led up by the yajur verses to the intermediate space, to the Plane of the Moon. Having enjoyed greatness in the Plane of the Moon, he returns hither again. 

Translation by Max Mueller
4. If he meditate with two Mâtrâs (A + U) he arrives at the Manas, and is led up by the Yagus-verses to the sky, to the Soma-world. Having enjoyed greatness in the Soma-world, he returns again.

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

Now again, if he meditates on the syllable ‘Om,’ by its second mâtra, he becomes one with the moon, of the nature of dreams, in the form of Yajur Vêda, worthy of meditation. Thus become immortal] is taken by the yajus representing the second mâtra to the lunar world, the support of antariksha,. intermediate space, and representing the second mâtra. The meaning is that he is taken by the yajus to be born in the lunar world. Haying there, in the lunar world, enjoyed greatness returns again to the world of men.

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

Prashna Upanishad – 4 – Prashna-5-4-atha yadi – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Prashna-5-4