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 ॥
nāhaṃ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca | yo nas tad veda tad veda no na vedeti veda ca ||2||
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.
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).
- 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
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