Kena Upanishad: Verse 3.7
अथ वायुम् अब्रुवन्—वायो एतद् विजानीहि किम् एतद् यक्षम् इति । तथा इति ॥७॥
अथ । वायुम् । अब्रुवन् । वायो इति । एतत् । विजानीहि । किम् । एतत् । यक्षम् । इति । तथा । इति ॥७॥
atha vāyum abruvan—vāyo etad vijānīhi kim etad yakṣam iti | tathā iti ||7||
फिर वो लोग वायु के पास गए। उन्होंने कहा, 'वायुजी, तुम हवा के हो, सब जगह जाते हो। पता करो यह यक्ष कौन है।' वायु ने कहा, 'ठीक है, मैं जाता हूँ।'
Then they said to Vāyu, “O Vāyu, ascertain this—what is this Yakṣa?” “So be it,” (he replied).
- No major internal sandhi beyond standard sentence euphony
- vāyo is vocative singular of vāyu
- kim etad is kept separate (no obligatory sandhi in padapāṭha-style analysis)
About this Verse
- Central concept
- Dependence of prāṇa (vital force) on Brahman; epistemic inquiry (jijñāsā)
- The mahavakyas
- Indirect: supports ‘प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म’ by shifting from power to knowing (vijānīhi); prepares the teaching that Brahman is the object of highest knowledge
- Veda
- Sama Veda
- Shakha
- Talavakara (Jaiminiya)
- Chandas
- Prose
Yoga and practice
Directs attention from external action to inquiry; prāṇa as a yogic focus—yet the mantra cautions that prāṇāyāma/power alone does not reveal Brahman without discernment
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