Khanda 2

Verse 2.1

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

If you think, ‘I know (it) well,’ then surely you know only a little of the form of Brahman—(only) that aspect of it which is in you and that which is among the gods. Therefore, I think what you take as known is still to be inquired into.

Verse 2.2

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

I do not think, “I know It well,” nor do I think, “I do not know.” Whoever among us knows That (Brahman) knows It, and also knows that It is not known as an ordinary object.

Verse 2.3

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

For whom It is not conceived as an object of thought, for him It is truly known; but he who thinks he knows It, knows It not. It is unknown to those who know It as an object, and known to those who do not objectify It.

Verse 2.4

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

True understanding is that which is known in each act of awareness; by that one indeed attains immortality. Through the Self one gains strength; through knowledge one attains immortality.

Verse 2.5

इह चेदवेदीदथ सत्यमस्ति न चेदीहावेदीन्महती विनष्टिः । भूतेषु भूतेषु विचित्य धीराः प्रेत्यास्माल्लोकादमृता भवन्ति ॥५॥

If one has known That here, then it is true—the aim is fulfilled. If one has not known It here, there is great loss. Having discerned That in each and every being, the wise, departing from this world, become immortal.