Upaniṣads · Kena 1
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Kena 1.1
ॐ केनेषितं पतति प्रेषितं मनः
केन प्राणः प्रथमः प्रैति युक्तः ।
केनेषितां वाचमिमां वदन्ति
चक्षुः श्रोत्रं क उ देवो युनक्ति ॥ १.१ ॥
Oṃ. Impelled by whom does the mind fly forth to its object? Directed by whom does the first breath (prāṇa) move? At whose impulse do people speak this speech? What god yokes eye and ear to their objects?
Kena 1.2
श्रोत्रस्य श्रोत्रं मनसो मनो यद्वाचो ह वाचं
स उ प्राणस्य प्राणः चक्षुषश्चक्षुः ।
अतिमुच्य धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति ॥ १.२ ॥
That which is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, is also the breath of breath and the eye of the eye. Having risen beyond the senses, the wise, departing from this world, become immortal.
Kena 1.3
न तत्र चक्षुर्गच्छति न वाग्गच्छति नो मनः ।
न विद्मो न विजानीमो यथैतदनुशिष्यात् ॥ १.३ ॥
There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor the mind. We do not know, we do not understand, how one could teach this.
Kena 1.4
अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादधि ।
इति शुश्रुम पूर्वेषां ये नस्तद्व्याचचक्षिरे ॥ १.४ ॥
It is other than the known, and above even the unknown. Thus we have heard from the ancients who explained it to us.
Kena 1.5
यद्वाचाऽनभ्युदितं येन वागभ्युद्यते ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ १.५ ॥
That which is not expressed by speech, but by which speech is expressed — know that alone as brahman; not this which people worship here.
Kena 1.6
यन्मनसा न मनुते येनाहुर्मनो मतम् ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ १.६ ॥
That which is not thought by the mind, but by which the mind is said to think — know that alone as brahman; not this which people worship here.
Kena 1.7
यच्चक्षुषा न पश्यति येन चक्षूँषि पश्यति ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ १.७ ॥
That which is not seen by the eye, but by which the eyes see — know that alone as brahman; not this which people worship here.
Kena 1.8
यच्छ्रोत्रेण न शृणोति येन श्रोत्रमिदं श्रुतम् ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ १.८ ॥
That which is not heard by the ear, but by which this ear hears — know that alone as brahman; not this which people worship here.
Kena 1.9
यत्प्राणेन न प्राणिति येन प्राणः प्रणीयते ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ १.९ ॥
That which breath does not breathe, by which breath is led forth — know that alone as brahman, not this which people worship here.