Kena Upanishad: Verse 1.4
यद्वाचा अनभ्युदितं येन वागभ्युद्यते । तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥४॥
यत् । वाचा । अनभ्युदितम् । येन । वाक् । अभ्युद्यते । तत् । एव । ब्रह्म । त्वम् । विद्धि । न । इदम् । यत् । इदम् । उपासते ॥
yad vācā anabhyuditaṃ yena vāg abhyudyate | tad eva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yad idam upāsate ||4||
वो चीज़ जो बोलने से बाहर है, लेकिन जिसके वजह से बोली काम करती है, वही ब्रह्मा है। लोग जो पूजा करते हैं, वो चीज़ नहीं, असली ब्रह्मा वो है जो सब चीज़ों के पीछे है। समझ के रखना, ब्रह्मा कोई ऑब्जेक्ट नहीं है जो मंदिर में बैठा हो।
That which is not expressed by speech, but by which speech is expressed—know that alone to be Brahman, not this which people here worship (as an object).
- वाचा अनभ्युदितम् (पदच्छेदः यथावत्)
- येन वाक् अभ्युद्यते → येन वाक् + अभ्युद्यते (क् + अ = क् अ, विसर्गादि न)
- तत् एव → तत् + एव
- न इदम् → न + इदम्
- यत् इदम् → यत् + इदम्
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Brahman as the revealer (prakāśaka) beyond speech; apophatic (neti-neti) approach
- The mahavakyas
- Supports the purport of 'प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म' (Prajñānam Brahma): Brahman as the enabling consciousness behind all cognition and expression; also aligns with 'नेति नेति' method rather than a direct mahāvākya formulation.
- Veda
- Sama Veda
- Shakha
- Talavakara (Jaiminiya)
- Chandas
- Prose (Upaniṣadic gadya)
Yoga and practice
Pratyāhāra from verbalization; mantra-japa leading into ajapa/silence; meditation on the witnessing awareness behind inner speech (vāk-vṛtti) rather than on conceptual formulations.
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