Kena Upanishad - Part 1 - Hindi

ॐ आप्यायंतु ममांगानि वाक्प्राणश्चक्षुः श्रोत्रमथो बलमिंद्रियाणि च सर्वाणि । सर्वं ब्रह्मौपनिषदं माऽहं ब्रह्म निराकुर्यां मा मा ब्रह्म निराकरोदनिराकरणमस्त्वनिराकरणं मेऽस्तु । तदात्मनि निरते य उपनिषत्सु धर्मास्ते मयि संतु ते मयि संतु ।

ॐ शांति@ः शांति@ः शांति#ः ॥

Let my limbs grow strong. Let my speech, vital energy, eyes, ears, vitality become more powerful. May I not deny Brahman and may Brahman not deny me. Let there be no rejection or denial of Brahman by me. May the qualities proclaimed in the Upanishads be in me as I am a devotee of the Atman.

केनेषितं पतति प्रेषितं मनः
केन प्राणः प्रथमः प्रैति युक्तः ।
केनेषितां वाचमिमां वदंति
चक्षुः श्रोत्रं क उ देवो युनक्ति ॥ 1॥

Disciple: Who causes the mind to fall on the object? Who directs the vital force within us? Who directs speech, sight, hearing and understanding?

श्रोत्रस्य श्रोत्रं मनसो मनो यद्
वाचो ह वाचं स उ प्राणस्य प्राणः ।
चक्षुषश्चक्षुरतिमुच्य धीराः
प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवंति ॥ 2॥

Teacher: It is the Atman that causes the ears to hear, the eyes to see, the tongue to speak, the mind to understand and life itself to function. He who sees the Atman as separate from these faculties attains to immortality (identifies himself with the Eternal)

न तत्र चक्षुर्गच्छति न वाग्गच्छति नो मनः ।
न विद्मो न विजानीमो यथैतदनुशिष्यात् ॥ 3॥

The eye does not go there, nor speech, nor mind. We do not therefore know It, nor do we know any process of instructing about It.

अन्यदेव तद्विदितादथो अविदितादधि ।
इति शुश्रुम पूर्वेषां ये नस्तद्व्याचचक्षिरे ॥ 4॥

That is surely different from the known, and it beyond the known and the unknown. Thus have the ancients explained it to us.

यद्वाचाऽनभ्युदितं येन वागभ्युद्यते ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ 5॥

That, which speech cannot reveal, but what reveals speech,—know That1 alone as Brahman and not this that people here worship.

That, which speech cannot reveal, but that which manifests the speech -- know That alone as Brahman, and not this or any manifestation, that people here worship.

यन्मनसा न मनुते येनाहुर्मनो मतम् ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ 6॥

That which cannot be comprehended by the mind, but by which the mind is cognized -- know That alone as Brahman, and not this or any manifestation, that people here worship.

यच्चक्षुषा न पश्यति येन चक्षूंषि पश्यति ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ 7॥

That which the eyes cannot see, but by which the eyes can see -- know That alone as Brahman, and not this or any manifestation, that people here worship.

यच्छ्रोत्रेण न श‍ऋणोति येन श्रोत्रमिदं श्रुतम् ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ 8॥

That which the ears cannot hear, but by which the ears can hear -- know That alone as Brahman, and not this or any manifestation, that people here worship.

यत्प्राणेन न प्राणिति येन प्राणः प्रणीयते ।
तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥ 9॥

That which is beyond smell through the breath, but which manifests as the faculty of smell -- know That alone as Brahman, and not this or any manifestation, that people here worship.

॥ इति केनोपनिषदि प्रथमः खंडः ॥

Thus ends the first part of केनोपनिषद्.

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