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Kena Upanishad 9: Verse 9

तस्मिन् त्वयि किं वीर्यम् इति। अपि इदं सर्वम् आददीयम्, यदिदं पृथिव्याम् इति॥९॥

तस्मिन् । त्वयि । किम् । वीर्यम् । इति । अपि । इदम् । सर्वम् । आददीयम् । यत् । इदम् । पृथिव्याम् । इति ॥९॥

Sanskrit recitationKena Upanishad 9

tasmin tvayi kiṁ vīryam iti | api idaṁ sarvam ādadīyam, yad idaṁ pṛthivyām iti ||9||

ત્યારે તેમણે કહ્યું: ‘તારા અંદર કયું બળ છે?’—‘પૃથ્વી પર જે કંઈ છે તે સર્વને ખરેખર ઉઠાવી લે.’

‘What power is there in you?’—(they said). ‘Take up indeed all this that is on the earth.’

Brahman as the hidden source of all power; limitation of deva-egoMahavakya: Indirect—prepares for recognizing Brahman as the inner reality beyond agency (supports the purport of ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ by negating independent doership).SamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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