Kena Upanishad — Chapter 4
KeUp 4.1
सा ब्रह्मेति होवाच ब्रह्मणो वा एतद्विजये महीयध्वमिति ततो हैव विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति
sā brahmeti hovāca brahmaṇo vā etadvijaye mahīyadhvamiti tato haiva vidāñcakāra brahmeti
She replied: 'It is Brahman. It is through the victory of Brahman that you have thus become great.' After that he knew that it was Brahman.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
KeUp 4.2
तस्माद्वा एते देवा अतितरामिवान्यान्देवान्यदग्निर्वायुरिन्द्रस्ते ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पर्शुस्ते ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति
tasmādvā ete devā atitarāmivānyāndevānyadagnirvāyurindraste hyenannediṣṭhaṃ pasparśuste hyenatprathamo vidāñcakāra brahmeti
Therefore these Devas, viz. Agni, Vâyu, and Indra, are, as it were, above the other gods, for they touched it (the Brahman) nearest.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
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तस्माद्वा इन्द्रोऽतितरामिवान्यान्देवान् सह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पर्श स ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदाञ्चकार ब्रह्मेति
tasmādvā indro'titarāmivānyāndevān sahyenannediṣṭhaṃ pasparśa sa hyenatprathamo vidāñcakāra brahmeti
And therefore Indra is, as it were, above the other gods, for he touched it nearest, he first knew it.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
KeUp 4.4
तस्यैष आदेशो यदेतद्विद्युतो व्यद्युतदा३इतीन् न्यमीमिषदा३ इत्यधिदैवतम्
tasyaiṣa ādeśo yadetadvidyuto vyadyutadā3itīn nyamīmiṣadā3 ityadhidaivatam
This is the teaching of Brahman, with regard to the gods (mythological): It is that which now flashes forth in the lightning, and now vanishes again.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
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अथाध्यात्मं यद्देतद्गच्छतीव च मनोऽनेन चैतदुपस्मरत्यभीक्ष्णँ सङ्कल्पः
athādhyātmaṃ yaddetadgacchatīva ca mano'nena caitadupasmaratyabhīkṣṇa~ saṅkalpaḥ
And this is the teaching of Brahman, with regard to the body (psychological): It is that which seems to move as mind, and by it imagination remembers again and again.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
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तद्ध तद्वनं नाम तद्वनमित्युपासितव्यं स य एतदेवं वेदाभि हैनँ सर्वाणि भूतानि संवाञ्छन्ति
taddha tadvanaṃ nāma tadvanamityupāsitavyaṃ sa ya etadevaṃ vedābhi haina~ sarvāṇi bhūtāni saṃvāñchanti
That Brahman is called Tadvana, by the name of Tadvana it is to be meditated on. All beings have a desire for him who knows this.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
KeUp 4.7
उपनिषदं भो ब्रूहीत्युक्ता त उपनिषद्ब्राह्मीं वाव त उपनिषदमब्रूमेति
upaniṣadaṃ bho brūhītyuktā ta upaniṣadbrāhmīṃ vāva ta upaniṣadamabrūmeti
The Teacher: 'As you have asked me to tell you the Upanishad, the Upanishad has now been told you. We have told you the Brâhmî Upanishad.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
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तसै तपो दमः कर्मेति प्रतिष्ठा वेदाः सर्वाङ्गानि सत्यमायतनम्
tasai tapo damaḥ karmeti pratiṣṭhā vedāḥ sarvāṅgāni satyamāyatanam
'The feet on which that Upanishad stands are penance, restraint, sacrifice; the Vedas are all its limbs, the True is its abode.
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)
KeUp 4.9
यो वा एतामेवं वेदापहत्य पाप्मानमनन्ते स्वर्गे लोके ज्येये प्रतितिष्ठति प्रतितिष्ठति
yo vā etāmevaṃ vedāpahatya pāpmānamanante svarge loke jyeye pratitiṣṭhati pratitiṣṭhati
'He who knows this Upanishad, and has shaken off all evil, stands in the endless, unconquerable world of heaven, yea, in the world of heaven.' Footnotes
— tr. F. Max Müller (SBE, 1879/1884) (public domain)