Kena Upanishad: Verse 2.1

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदि मन्यसे सुवेदेति दभ्रमेवापि नूनं त्वं वेत्थ ब्रह्मणो रूपम् ।

यदस्य त्वं यदस्य देवेष्वथ नु मीमांस्यमेव ते मन्ये विदितम् ॥१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

यदि । मन्यसे । सुवेद । इति । दभ्रम् । एव । अपि । नूनम् । त्वम् । वेत्थ । ब्रह्मणः । रूपम् ।

यत् । अस्य । त्वम् । यत् । अस्य । देवेषु । अथ । नु । मीमांस्यम् । एव । ते । मन्ये । विदितम् ॥१॥

Recitation with translationKena Upanishad 2.1

IAST Transliteration

yadi manyase suveda iti dabhram evāpi nūnaṃ tvaṃ vettha brahmaṇo rūpam |

yad asya tvaṃ yad asya deveṣv atha nu mīmāṃsyam eva te manye viditam ||1||

Translation

अगर तुम सोच रहे हो कि तुमने ब्रह्मा को पूरा समझ लिया, तो तुमने थोड़ा ही जाना है। तुमने सिर्फ इतना जाना है जो तुम्हारे अंदर है और जो देवियों में है। अभी और डिटेल में सोचना पड़ेगा, अभी पूरा क्लियर नहीं है।

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Academic Translation

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 Context

• Limits of conceptual knowledge; necessity of continued inquiry (vicāra) into Brahman beyond objectifying ‘forms’
• Mahavakya: Prepares for mahāvākya-style realization by undermining intellectual certainty; supports the movement toward ‘aham brahmāsmi’/‘tat tvam asi’ as immediate identity-knowledge rather than partial, objectified knowing.
• Sama
• Talavakara (Jaiminiya) Shakha
• Chandas: Prose (Upanishadic)