यदि मन्यसे सुवेदेति दहरमेवापि var दभ्रमेवापि नूनं त्वं वेत्थ ब्रह्मणो रूपम् । यदस्य त्वं यदस्य देवेष्वथ नु मीमाँस्यमेव ते मन्ये विदितम् ॥ १॥

yadi manyase suvedeti daharamevāpi var dabhramevāpi nūnaṃ tvaṃ vettha brahmaṇo rūpam . yadasya tvaṃ yadasya deveṣvatha nu mīmām̐syameva te manye viditam .. 1..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 2 - Shlok 1

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English Translation

The teacher said: If you think: “I know Brahman well,” then surely you know but little of Its form; you know only Its form as conditioned by man or by the gods. Therefore Brahman, even now, is worthy of your inquiry.

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प्रतिबोधविदितं मतममृतत्वं हि विन्दते । आत्मना विन्दते वीर्यं विद्यया विन्दतेऽमृतम् ॥ ४॥

pratibodhaviditaṃ matamamṛtatvaṃ hi vindate . ātmanā vindate vīryaṃ vidyayā vindate’mṛtam .. 4..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 2 - Shlok 4

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English Translation

Brahman is known when It is realized in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge, one attains Immortality. By Atman one obtains strength; by Knowledge, Immortality

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ब्रह्म ह देवेभ्यो विजिग्ये तस्य ह ब्रह्मणो विजये देवा अमहीयन्त ॥ १॥

brahma ha devebhyo vijigye tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyanta .. 1..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 3 - Shlok 1

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Brahman, according to the story, obtained a victory for the gods; and by that victory of Brahman the gods became elated. They said to themselves: “Verily, this victory is ours; verily, this glory is ours only.”

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तस्माद्वा एते देवा अतितरामिवान्यान्देवान्यदग्निर्वायुरिन्द्रस्ते ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पर्शुस्ते ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति ॥ २॥

tasmādvā ete devā atitarāmivānyāndevānyadagnirvāyurindraste hyenannediṣṭhaṃ pasparśuste hyenatprathamo vidāñcakāra brahmeti .. 2..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 4 - Shlok 2

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Therefore verily, these gods—Agni, Vāyu and Indra—excel the other gods; for they approached the yaksha nearest; they were the first to know Him as Brahman.

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तसै तपो दमः कर्मेति प्रतिष्ठा वेदाः सर्वाङ्गानि सत्यमायतनम् ॥ ८॥

tasai tapo damaḥ karmeti pratiṣṭhā vedāḥ sarvāṅgāni satyamāyatanam .. 8..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 4 - Shlok 8

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Of the Upanishad, tapas (Concentration of the energies of the mind and the senses), damah (self-restraint), and karma (dedicated work) form the support; the Vedas (Knowledge) are its limbs; and Truth its abode.

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सा ब्रह्मेति होवाच ब्रह्मणो वा एतद्विजये महीयध्वमिति ततो हैव विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति ॥ १॥

sā brahmeti hovāca brahmaṇo vā etadvijaye mahīyadhvamiti tato haiva vidāñcakāra brahmeti .. 1..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 4 - Shlok 1

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“That yaksha was Brahman,” said She. “It was through the victory of Brahman, indeed, that you achieved this glory.” It was from that (from the words of Umā) that he (Indra) understood that the yaksha was Brahman.

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तस्मिँस्त्वयि किं वीर्यमित्यपीदँ सर्वमाददीय यदिदं पृथिव्यामिति ॥ ९॥

tasmim̐stvayi kiṃ vīryamityapīdam̐ sarvamādadīya yadidaṃ pṛthivyāmiti .. 9..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 3 - Shlok 9

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“What energy do you possess—you of such fame?” (asked the yaksha). I can verily blow away everything, whatever there is on this earth,” replied Vāyu.

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तेऽग्निमब्रुवञ्जातवेद एतद्विजानीहि किमिदं यक्षमिति तथेति ॥ ३॥

te’gnimabruvañjātaveda etadvijānīhi kimidaṃ yakṣamiti tatheti .. 3..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 3 - Shlok 3

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They addressed Agni; “O Jātaveda, please find out who this yaksha is”; “Yes” said Agni.

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यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः । अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम् ॥ ३॥

yasyāmataṃ tasya mataṃ mataṃ yasya na veda saḥ . avijñātaṃ vijānatāṃ vijñātamavijānatām .. 3..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 2 - Shlok 3

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He by whom Brahman is not known, knows It; he by whom It is known, knows It not. It is not known by those who know It; It is known by those who do not know It.

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यच्छ्रोत्रेण न शृणोति येन श्रोत्रमिदं श्रुतम् । तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ ८॥

yacchrotreṇa na śṛṇoti yena śrotramidaṃ śrutam . tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate .. 8..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 1 - Shlok 8

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That which cannot be heard by the ear, but by which the hearing is perceived-That alone know as Brahman and not that which people here worship.

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अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादधि । इति शुश्रुम पूर्वेषां ये नस्तद्व्याचचक्षिरे ॥ ४॥

anyadeva tadviditādatho aviditādadhi . iti śuśruma pūrveṣāṃ ye nastadvyācacakṣire .. 4..

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Kena Upanishad - Chapter 1 - Shlok 4

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It is different from the known; It is above the unknown. Thus we have heard from the preceptors of old who taught It to us.

11 famous shloks from Kena Upanishad

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 2 - Shlok 1

प्रतिबोधविदितं मतममृतत्वं हि विन्दते । आत्मना विन्दते वीर्यं विद्यया विन्दतेऽमृतम् ॥ ४॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 2 - Shlok 4

ब्रह्म ह देवेभ्यो विजिग्ये तस्य ह ब्रह्मणो विजये देवा अमहीयन्त ॥ १॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 3 - Shlok 1

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 4 - Shlok 2

तसै तपो दमः कर्मेति प्रतिष्ठा वेदाः सर्वाङ्गानि सत्यमायतनम् ॥ ८॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 4 - Shlok 8

सा ब्रह्मेति होवाच ब्रह्मणो वा एतद्विजये महीयध्वमिति ततो हैव विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति ॥ १॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 4 - Shlok 1

तस्मिँस्त्वयि किं वीर्यमित्यपीदँ सर्वमाददीय यदिदं पृथिव्यामिति ॥ ९॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 3 - Shlok 9

तेऽग्निमब्रुवञ्जातवेद एतद्विजानीहि किमिदं यक्षमिति तथेति ॥ ३॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 3 - Shlok 3

यस्यामतं तस्य मतं मतं यस्य न वेद सः । अविज्ञातं विजानतां विज्ञातमविजानताम् ॥ ३॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 2 - Shlok 3

यच्छ्रोत्रेण न शृणोति येन श्रोत्रमिदं श्रुतम् । तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ ८॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 1 - Shlok 8

अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादधि । इति शुश्रुम पूर्वेषां ये नस्तद्व्याचचक्षिरे ॥ ४॥

Kena Upanishad - Chapter 1 - Shlok 4

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