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Kena Upanishad: Verse 2.2

नाहं मन्ये सुवेदेति नो न वेदेति वेद च । यो नस्तद्वेद तद्वेद नो न वेदेति वेद च ॥२॥

न । अहम् । मन्ये । सु-वेद । इति । न । उ । न । वेद । इति । वेद । च । यः । नः । तत् । वेद । तत् । वेद । नः । उ । न । वेद । इति । वेद । च ॥

Recitation with translationKena Upanishad 2.2

nāhaṃ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca | yo nas tad veda tad veda no na vedeti veda ca ||2||

মই এনেদৰে নাভাবোঁ যে ‘মই ইয়াক ভালদৰে জানো’; আৰু ‘মই নাজানো’ বুলিও নহয়। আমাৰ মাজত যিয়ে সেই (ব্ৰহ্ম)ক জানে, সেয়েই তাক জানে; আৰু ই সাধাৰণভাৱে জানিব পৰা বিষয় নহয় বুলিও সি জানে।

I do not think, ‘I know it well’; nor (do I think), ‘I do not know.’ He among us who knows that (Brahman) knows it; and (he) knows also that (it is) not (an object) known (in the ordinary way).

nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formnegation particle
ahamI
aham:
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (pronoun stem)
Form1st person pronoun, nominative singular
manyethink
manye:
TypeVerb
Root√man (manyate)
Formpresent, 1st person singular, ātmanepada
suvedaI know well
suveda:
TypeVerb
Rootsu- + √vid (veda)
Formperfect, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (avyaya)
Formquotative particle
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formnegation particle
uindeed
u:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootu (avyaya)
Formemphatic particle
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formnegation particle
vedaI know
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (veda)
Formperfect, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (avyaya)
Formquotative particle
vedaI know
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (veda)
Formperfect, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (avyaya)
Formconjunction
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootyad (relative pronoun stem)
Formmasculine nominative singular
naḥof us/our
naḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (pronoun stem)
Form1st person pronoun, genitive plural (enclitic)
tatthat
tat:
TypeNoun
Roottad (pronoun stem)
Formneuter accusative singular
vedaknows
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (veda)
Formperfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
tatthat
tat:
TypeNoun
Roottad (pronoun stem)
Formneuter nominative/accusative singular
vedaknows
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (veda)
Formperfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formnegation particle
uindeed
u:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootu (avyaya)
Formemphatic particle
nanot
na:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (avyaya)
Formnegation particle
vedaI know
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (veda)
Formperfect, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
itithus
iti:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (avyaya)
Formquotative particle
vedaI know
veda:
TypeVerb
Root√vid (veda)
Formperfect, 1st person singular, parasmaipada
caand
ca:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (avyaya)
Formconjunction
  • nāham → na aham
  • suvedeti → suveda iti
  • vedeti → veda iti
  • nasta(d)ved(a) → naḥ tat veda (visarga sandhi: naḥ + tat → nas tat in saṃhitā)
  • no na → na u na (no = na + u, Vedic usage)
  • remaining repetitions are padapāṭha-like
Brahman as beyond objectifying knowledge (aparokṣa-jñāna; limits of pramāṇa)Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ by distinguishing immediate awareness of Brahman from conceptual/object-knowledge; also aligns with ‘अहं ब्रह्मास्मि’ insofar as Brahman is not an external object to be ‘known’.SamaJaiminīya (Talavakāra) ShakhaChandas: Prose (Upaniṣadic gadya with rhythmic cadence)

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