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Kena Upanishad: Verse 3.11

अथ इन्द्रम् अब्रुवन्—मघवन्, एतद्विजानीहि किमेतद् यक्षम् इति। तथा इति। तदभ्यद्रवत्। तस्मात् तिरोदधे॥११॥

अथ । इन्द्रम् । अब्रुवन् । मघवन् । एतत् । विजानीहि । किम् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति । तथा । इति । तत् । अभ्यद्रवत् । तस्मात् । तिरोदधे ॥११॥

Recitation with translationKena Upanishad 3.11

atha indram abruvan—maghavan, etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti | tathā iti | tad abhyadravat | tasmāt tirodadhe ||11||

फिर उन्होंने इंद्र से कहा, जा और देख कि वो यक्ष कौन है। इंद्र बोला, ठीक है। वो भाया, पर जैसे ही पास गया, वो यक्ष गायब हो गया।

Then they said to Indra: ‘O Maghavan, ascertain what this Yakṣa is.’ ‘So be it,’ (he said). He ran toward it; from him it disappeared.

Brahman’s elusiveness to objectifying pursuit; necessity of grace/teaching (upadeśa)Mahavakya: Indirect—points to Brahman as beyond objectification; supports the Upaniṣadic method leading to identity-knowledge rather than empirical capture (background to ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ / ‘तत् त्वम् असि’ style recognition).SamaTalavakara (Jaiminiya) ShakhaChandas: Prose

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