Kena Upanishad: Verse 3.2
तद्धैषां विजज्ञौ तेभ्यो ह प्रादुर्बभूव । तन्न व्यजानत किमिदं यक्षमिति ॥२॥
तत् । ह । एषाम् । विजज्ञौ । तेभ्यः । ह । प्रादुर्बभूव । तत् । न । व्यजानत । किम् । इदम् । यक्षम् । इति ॥२॥
tad dhaiṣāṃ vijajñau tebhyo ha prādurbabhūva | tan na vyajānata kim idaṃ yakṣam iti ||2||
ब्रह्मा ने उनकी बात सुन ली और उनके सामने आ गया। पर देवताओं को पता नहीं चला कि यह कौन है। वो सोचने लगे कि यह कैसा रूप है।
That (Brahman) knew (their thought). It indeed appeared before them. They did not recognize it: ‘What is this Yakṣa?’
- tad dhaiṣām → tat + ha + eṣām
- tebhyo ha → tebhyaḥ + ha
- prādurbabhūva is a single verbal form with preverb prādur-
- tann → tat + na
- kimidaṃ → kim + idam
- yaksamiti → yakṣam + iti
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Avidyā regarding Brahman; Brahman’s transcendence of conceptual recognition; revelation through manifestation
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect: highlights that Brahman is not an object of ordinary cognition, preparing for the Upaniṣadic method that culminates in identity-knowledge (as in ‘prajnānam brahma’/‘ahaṃ brahmāsmi’) rather than objectifying knowledge.
- Veda
- Sama Veda
- Shakha
- Talavakara (Jaiminiya)
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Points to the limits of sensory/intellectual knowing; encourages apophatic meditation (neti-neti style) and surrender of conceptual grasping; supports contemplative inquiry into the ‘witness’ beyond the powers that claim knowledge.
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